Clavariacese 



Ciavaria. Large masses of it grew at Mt. Gretna, Pa., July, August and Sep- 

 tember, 1898, in mixed woods. 



Brittle ; when young it is very compact. It is without much flavor, 

 but stews tender and makes a good dish. 



B. SPORES OCHRACEOUS OR CINNAMON. 

 * Plant yellow or dingy ochraceous. 



C. au'rea Schaeff. aurum, gold. (Plate CXXXIX, fig. 2, p. 516.) 

 Trunk thick, elastic, pallid. Flesh white, dividing into numerous thick 

 branches that become repeatedly divided in a dichotomous manner 

 upward, and terminate in slender, erect, round, yellow branchlets. 

 Spores pale ochraceous, elliptical, io-iix5-6u. 



In woods. Forming large tufts 2-3 in. high, colorless or almost so 

 below, tips yellow. Massee. 



North Carolina, Curtis; Ohio, Alabama. Found in West Virginia, 

 1882; Devon, Angora, Eagle's Mere, Mt. Gretna, Pa.; Haddonfield, 

 N. J. August and September. Mcllvaine. 



Eaten in Europe. Edible. Curtis. 



In structure it reminds one of a miniature cropped Lombardy poplar. 

 The color is not bright, but dingy-yellow. Resembles C. flava; dis- 

 tinguished by different color of spores. The branches (not stem) are 

 tender and good. 



Var. rufes'cens Schaeff. 



This plant occurs after heavy rains. It sometimes grows in continu- 

 ous rows several feet in extent. The pinkish-red tips of the branches 

 fade with age. The axils are rounded and the plant is quite fragile. 

 Fries considers it a variety of C. aurea. Peck, 2 5th Rep. N. Y. State 

 Bot. 



Found at Springton, Chester county, Pa., August, 1887. It is 

 edible and good. The plant is tender and easily cooked. 



C. formo'sa Pers. formosus, finely formed. (Plate CXXXIX, fig. 

 3, p. 416.) Height 2-4 in. Trunk I in. and more thick, whitish or 

 yellowish, elastic. Branches numerous, crowded, elongated, divided 

 at ends into yellow branchlets which are thin, straight, obtuse or 

 toothed. 



Spores ochraceous 9x3-4^ Massee; elongated, oval, rough, i6x8/x 



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