80 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



crowded, tapering upwards, brownish, cinnamon ; spores 

 ochraceous, elliptical, 11-13 x 5-6 /x. 



Clavaria spinulosa, Pers., Obs. ii. t. 3, f. 1 ; Stev., Brit. 

 Fung. 294. 



In pine woods. From 23 in. high, stem | 1 in., some- 

 what resembling some forms of C. abietina, but distinguished 

 by the very much larger spores and not becoming green 

 when bruised. 



Clavaria abietina. Schum. (figs. 2, 3, p. 74.) 

 Stem short, thick, white, downy ; branches numerous, 

 crowded, frequently divided, erect, ochraceous, becoming 

 greenish when bruised ; spores ochraceous, elliptical, 

 6x3-4/1. 



Clavaria abietina, Cke., Hdbk., n. 971 ; Stev., Brit. Fung. 

 ii. p. 294 ; Greville, Scot. Or. Fl. t. 117. 



In fir woods. From 1-3 in. high, very much branched 

 from a stout base, branches deep ochre, sometimes rather 

 thick, equal, repeatedly divided, axils rounded, tips abrupt, 

 cristate, at others divided into numerous thin erect branches, 

 the whole plant resembling a birch besom. Taste bitter. 

 Branches longitudinally wrinkled when dry. 



Clavaria flaccida. Fr. 



Slender, very much branched, flaccid, ochraceous, stem 

 very short, branches crowded, repeatedly forked, upper 

 axils rounded, and the acute terminal branchlets converg- 

 ing ; spores ochraceous, broadly elliptical, 4-5 x 3 //,. 



Clavaria flaccida, Berk., Outl., 280 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 972 ; 

 Stev. Brit. Fung. ii. p. 295. 



Amongst moss in woods. From 12 in. high, closely 

 related to C. spinulosa, but colour clearer than ochraceous 

 without any tinge of brown, and the terminal branches con- 

 verging like forceps. Does not turn green when bruised 

 like C. abietina. Mycelium whitish, floccose, creeping over 

 leaves. Stem sometimes f in. long, at others almost obsolete. 



Clavaria crocea. Pers. 



Saffron-yellow, stem slender, pale, at the apex dividing 

 into a few branches, which again divide in a dichotomous 

 manner ; spores ochraceous, elliptical, 6-7 X 3-4 p. 



