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ff Colour white or grey. 



Clavaria coralloides. Linn. 



Rather fragile, white, partly hollow ; trunk rather thick, 

 short, breaking up into numerous repeatedly forked branches, 

 axils rounded, branches unequal, subcompressed ; ultimate 

 branchlete crowded, acute ; spores subglobose, apiculate, pale 

 ochraceous, 10 x 8 //,. 



Clavaria coralloides, Linn., Suec., n. 1268; Stev., Fung., 

 p. 292. 



On the ground in woods. Usually caespitose, growing 

 into each other, 2-4 in. high. Sometimes scattered and with- 

 out the branches developed, then approaching C. rugosa, but 

 not longitudinally wrinkled. Other forms approach C. cris- 

 tata, with which it agrees exactly in the spores, but differs 

 in the numerous small pointed branchlets at the tips of the 

 branches. 



Clavaria einerea. Bull. 



Stem short, thick, whitish, branches livid grey, brittle, 

 stuffed, numerous, irregular, sometimes compressed, wrinkled ; 

 spores white, subglobose, 5 yu, or 6 x 5 /A. 



Clavaria einerea, Cke., Hdbk., n. 265 ; Stev., B. Fung. ii. 

 p. 292 ; Grev., Scot. Crypt. Fl., t. 64. 



In woods. Often gregarious or crowded, 1-2 in. high, 

 branches numerous, irregular, with a few short branchlets, 

 or flattened and cut at the tip into several slender, pointed 

 branchlets. Distinguished by the bright grey colour. 



Clavaria umbrinella. Sacc. 



Pale umber, about 1 in. high, sparingly branched, branches 

 and branchlets cylindrical, obtuse, forked, axils usually 

 rounded ; spores subglobose, apiculate, 9-10 x 7-8 /*. 



Clavaria umbrinella, Sacc., Syll. vi. n. 7943. 



Clavaria umbrina, Berk., Outl. 279, t. 18, f. 4. 



Berkeley's specific name was antedated by Leveille. 



On the ground. Tufts usually small, stem sometimes 

 rather thick and minutely velvety. Probably nothing more 

 than a small dingy form of C. cristata. 



Clavaria cristata. Holmsk. 

 Torigh, white or tinged with dirty ochre, base short, stout, 



