Clavariaceee 



many other species, but chopped fine and stewed slowly for an hour it 

 will be eaten with enjoyment. 



C. rugo'sa Bull. ruga, a wrinkle. White or dingy, simple or tufted, 

 2-4 in. high, branched from the base with irregular blunt branches 

 wrinkled lengthwise, sometimes thickened upward. 



Distinguished by the distinct, irregular, longitudinal wrinkles. 



Spores white, irregularly globose, 8 IO/M Massee, 



In woods, solitary or gregarious. August to November. 



North Carolina, Schweinitz, Curtis. Pennsylvania, Ohio. 



It is reported edible by Dr. Curtis, M. C. Cooke and Dr. Badham. 



C. pyxida'ta Pers. pyxis, a small box. Tufted, light tan-color, 

 shaded with red, 13 in. high. Stem or trunk thin, smooth, variable 

 in length, dividing into many erect forked branches, which are cup- 

 shaped at the tips. The margins of these tips have slender branchlets 

 issuing from them (proliforme). 



Distinguished by the cup-like tips. Spores white, 4x3/4 Massee. 



On rotten wood, on rotten roots in ground. June and into the 

 autumn. 



North Carolina, Schweinitz, Curtis; Pennsylvania, Mcllvaine. 



Specimen sent by writer to Prof. Peck, June, 1897, an d identified by 

 him. Not tested by writer, but is in Dr. Curtis' list of edible species. 



C. subtil'is Pers. Scattered, slender, subtenaceous, pallid-white, 

 bases smooth and of equal thickness, branches few, forked, subfastigi- 

 ate. 



North Carolina, Schweinitz, Curtis; Pennsylvania. 



Edible. Curtis. 



C. den'sa Pk. Tufts 2-4 in. high, nearly as broad, whitish or 

 creamy-yellow, branching from the base. Branches very numerous, 

 nearly parallel, crowded, terete, somewhat wrinkled when dry, the tips 

 dentate, concolorous. Spores slightly colored, elliptical, 7.5-10x5-8.5^. 



Ground in woods. Selkirk. August. 



Apparently closely allied to C. condensata, but differing decidedly in 

 color. Peck, 4ist Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Specimens identified by Professor Peck. 



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