CLAVARIA 707 



upwards, wrinkled. Branches irregular, few, obtuse, rarely crested. 

 Flesh whitish, tough, firm. Spores white, subglobose, often apiculate 

 at the base, 8-9 x 6-8 p, with a large central gutta; "basidia long, 

 conspicuous, 60 x 5-6jn, with 2-sterigmata, contents granular. Hyphae 

 somewhat densely interwoven, looser in the centre, 8-10//, in diam., 

 frequently septate" Cotton & Wakef. Edible. Woods, and pastures. 

 Aug. Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



var. fuliginea (Pers.) Fr. Fuliginea, sooty. 



Differs from the type in the dark sooty colour of the clubs and flesh. 

 Woods. Sept. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. macrospora Britzl. fta/tpo?, long; (nropd, seed. 



Differs from the type in the larger spores, 12-14 x 8-10/x. Rare. 



2398. C. grossa (Pers.) Quel. (= Clavaria Krombholzii Fr. sec. Quel.) 



Grossa, thick. 



R. 57 cm. high, snow white, sparingly branched; trunk 34 cm. x 

 3-5 mm., somewhat bulbous at the base. Branches compressed, de- 

 formed, acute, or incised. Flesh white, brittle. Spores white, ellip- 

 tical, or subglobose, 9-12 x 6-8/1,, with a large central gutta. Woods. 

 Aug. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



2399. C. crassa Britzl. (? = Clavaria rugosa (Bull.) Fr. sec. Cotton & 

 Wakef.) Britzl. Hymen. Siidb. v (Clavaria), t. 39. Crassa, thick. 



R. 5-7 cm. high, violet, or lilac grey; trunk slender, expanding up- 

 wards, and dividing into several obtuse, subcompressed branches. 

 Spores white, subglobose, 8-10 x 8/x,. Scattered, or solitary. Woods. 

 Sept. Rare, (v.v.) 



2400. C. Krombholzii Fr. (= Clavaria Kunzei Fr. sec. Cotton & 

 Wakef.) Krombh. t. 53, figs. 15-16, as Clavaria Kunzei Fr. 



J. von Krombholz, author of "Abbildungen der Schwamme." 

 R. 35 cm. high, white, very densely tufted, sparingly branched, squat, 

 compact. Branches more or less compressed, obtuse, blunt. Flesh white, 

 somewhat brittle. Spores white, elliptical, 4 x 3 /A, with a large central 

 gutta. Edible. Densely caespitose. Pastures. Sept. Nov. Not un- 

 common, (v.v.) 



2401. C. Kunzei Fr. Karl Sebastian Heinrich Kunze. 

 R. 512 cm. high, ivory to cream white, irregularly and dichoto- 



mously branched, loose, rarely compact; trunk sometimes pink at the 

 base, usually distinct, 1-2 cm. x 3-5 mm. Branches erect, or spread- 

 ing, cylindrical, or slightly compressed, often elongated, 2-5 mm. 

 thick, even, solid, axils lunate; apices blunt, or pointed. Flesh white, 

 somewhat brittle. Spores white, globose, often minutely apiculate, 



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