718 CLAVARIA 



2442. C. ligula (Schaeff.) Fr. Ligula, a little tongue. 

 R. 3-6 cm. high, 1-1-5 cm. broad, yellowish, then pallid rufescent, 



elongato-clavate, obtuse, base villose, white, stuffed. Flesh white, 

 floccose, loose. Spores white, elliptical, often with a lateral apiculus, 

 10 x 5 6 fj,, contents granular; "basidia conspicuous, 40 x 6 8/u,, with 

 4-sterigmata" Cotton & Wakef. Edible. Woods. Aug. Oct. Un- 

 common, (v.v.) 



2443. C. contorta (Holmsk.) Fr. (= Clavaria fistulosa (Holmsk.) Fr. 

 sec. von Hoehn. and Bourd. & Galz.) Boud. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 

 xxxin, t. 1, fig. 5. Contorta, twisted. 



R. -5-2 cm. high, 2-6 mm. thick, watery yellowish, often tinged with 

 brown, erumpent, simple, sometimes spathulate, somewhat twisted, 

 wrinkled, obtuse, compressed, stuffed. Flesh yellowish, floccose, loose. 

 Spores white, almond-shaped, 12-14 x 9 /A, contents granular, "fusi- 

 form, 1518 x 7 9/x," Boud.; "basidia rather large, very distinct, 

 50 x 10/i, contents minutely granular, with 4-sterigmata. Internal 

 structure in longitudinal section of long cells, 10-15^i in diam., with 

 narrower elements on either side; latex tubes present" Cotton <fc 

 Wakef. Dead twigs. Oct. Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



2444. C. fistulosa (Holmsk.) Fr. Fistulosa, full of holes. 

 R. 10-20 cm. high, 2 mm. thick, yellow, then rufescent, cylindrical, 



subobtuse, straight, or curved, often contorted at the base, hollow; root 

 short, vittose. Flesh yellowish, firm. Spores white, verrucose ("smooth" 

 Cotton), pip-shaped, or subfusiform, 12 x 7/u, with a large central 

 gutta; "basidia conspicuous, about 40 /a long, with 4 erect sterigmata, 

 contents finely granular. Internal structure possessing a system of 

 lacticiferous hyphae, aseptate, frequently branched, 6/u, in diam., 

 contents granular" Cotton & Wakef. Dead branches, and pea sticks. 

 Nov. Feb. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



2445. C. Ardenia (Sow.) Fr. (= Clavaria fistulosa (Holmsk.) Fr. sec. 

 Quel.) Sow. Eng. Fung. t. 215. Ardenia, Lady Arden. 



R. 12-30 cm. high, 8 mm. broad at the apex, ferruginous, then dote 

 brown, elongate, incrossoted at the obtuse or acute apex, hollow, base 

 tomentose, not rooting. Flesh yellowish, rigid, firm. Spores white, 

 oblong elliptical, attenuated towards the base, 15 x 6/x, contents 

 granular. Fallen branches, and mosses. Sept. Dec. Uncommon. 

 (v.v.) 

 C. tuberosa (Sow.) Berk. = Calocera tuberosa (Sow.) Fr. 



2446. C. juncea (A. & S.) Fr. Boud. Icon. t. 176. 



Juncea, like a rush. 



R. 5-15 cm. high, 1-2 mm. thick, pallid, then rufescent, filiform, 

 flaccid, fistulose, apex acute, creeping base fibrillose. Flesh yellowish. 



