76 . FUNGUS-FLORA. 



red ; branches and flesh white. Looks like the heart of a 

 cauliflower. 



Clavaria amethystina. Bull. 



Violet, fragile, very much branched, branches round, 

 smooth, even, obtuse ; spores elliptical, pale ochraceous, 

 10-12 x 6-7 /*. 



Clavaria ametJiystina, Berk., Outl. 279, t. 18, f. 2 (small, 

 subsimple form, not by any means typical) ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 

 960 ; Stev., Brit. F., p". 291. 



Amongst grass in woods and pastures. From 13 in. high, 

 very much branched or almost simple. Known by the violet 

 colour. 



Clavaria fastigiata. Linn. 



Tufted, very much branched, branchlets fastigiate at the 

 tips, rather tough, egg-yellow; spores white, irregularly 

 globose, 4-6 //.. 



Clavaria fastigiata, Berk., Outl. 279 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 961 ; 

 Stev., B. Fung. ii. 291. 



Clavaria pratensis, Berk., Eng. Fl. v. 5, p. 174. 



Amongst grass in pastures. About 1 in. high, distinguished 

 by clear egg-yellow colour. 



Clavaria muscoides. Linn. 



Clear yellow, slightly tufted, stems slender, tomentose at 

 the base, once or twice branched above, axils rounded; spores 

 white, subglobose, 5-6 p.. 



Clavaria muscoides, Berk., Outl. 279 ; Cke., Hdbk. n. 962 ; 

 Stev., Brit. Fung. 291. 



In pastures. From l-l in. high, somewhat resembling 

 C. fastigiata, but the stems are more slender, tomentose at 

 the base, and are not branched so near to the base nor so 

 repeatedly ; branchlets thin, tapering, axils rounded. 



Clavaria curta. Fries. 



Greenish yellow, much branched, branches short, closely 

 crowded, tips blunt, stem not distinct; spores colourless, 

 subglobose, 5-6 p.. 



Clavaria curta, Fr., Hym. Eur., p. 668 ; Stev., Brit. Fung, 

 ii. 291. 



In grassy places. A small species not 1 in. high. 



