296 CLAVARIEI. 



ciavaria. bruised, trunk about 6 mm. (3 lin.) long and thick, very much 

 branched. Branches and branchlets tense and straight, even, 

 crowded and adpressed, acute. 



Mycelium most frequently fibrillose, naked. 

 In woods. Uncommon. Aug.-Oct. 



Spores dark cinnamon. Fr. ; creamy-yellow, 4x6 mk. IV.G.S. Name 

 stringo, to draw tight. Tense and straight. Pers. Comm. p. 45. /. 4.7. i. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 673. Berk. Out. p. 281. t. i8./. 5. C. Hbk. n. 975. S. 

 Mycol. Scot. n. 933. Fl. Dan. t. 1302. /. i. Krombh. t. 54. f. 23. 



23. 0. crispula Fr. Entire height 2.5-7.5 cent. (1-3 in.) Tan 

 then ochraceous, very much branched, trunk thin, with villous root- 

 lets. Branches flexuous, multifid, branchlets of the same colour, 

 divaricate. 



Protean but quite distinct. 



At the base of trees, ash. Rare. 



Spores creamy-yellow, 3x5 mk. W. G.S. Name crispulus, slightly curled. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 673. Syst. Myc. i. p. 470. Berk. Out. p. 281. C. Hbk. n. 

 976. Bull. t. 358.7. i. a, b. Ehrenb. Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. x. /. 14. 



II. SYNCORYNE. Somewhat simple, caespitose at the base, &c. 

 * Reddish. 



24. C. purpurea Fr. Purple, caespitose. Clubs elongated, 

 generally 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, hollow then compressed, simple, 

 acute. 



Very remarkable. When solitary it is more drawn out and decumbent. 

 Fragile. 



In grassy places. Rare. Aug.-Oct. 



Name from the colour. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 674. Syst. Myc. i. /. 480. 

 Berk. Out. p. 281. C. Hbk. n. 977. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 934. Fl. Dan. t. 

 8 37 ./. 2. 



25. C. rufa Fl. Dan. Rufous, 4 cent. (\y z in.) long, 4 mm. (2 

 lin.) thick. Clubs stuffed, thickened, somewhat bifid, acute. 



Caespitose. 



On the ground. Rannoch. The Burn, Forfarshire. 



Name rufus, reddish. Fl. Dan. t. 775. f. i. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 674. 

 Syst. Myc. i. /. 480. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 935. 



26. C. rosea Fr. Rose-colour, 4 cent. (\y z in.) long, somewhat 

 fasciculate, fragile. Clubs stuffed, at length becoming yellow at 

 the apex, attenuated downwards, whitish. 



