Clavariacese 



On ground in woods, in large tufts, frequently in rows several feet ciavana. 

 long. 



North Carolina, Schweinitz, Ctirtis; Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mc- 

 ILvaine. 



Esteemed in Europe. Edible. Dr. Curtis. 



Common in the United States in woods. Variable. An orange-rose 

 color is sometimes prominent on the tips. The tenderer portions of the 

 plant are excellent, but must be well cooked. 



C. spinulo'sa Pers. spined. Height 2-3 in. high. Stem >6-i in. 

 thick. Trunk stout, short, whitish. Branches numerous, crowded, 

 erect, tense, elongated, tapering upward. Color cinnamon-brown or 

 darker. 



Spores ochraceous, elliptical, I i-i 3x5-6^ Massee. 



On ground in pine woods. August to October. 



New York, Peck, 24th Rep. ; New Jersey, Sterling; Pennsylvania, 

 Mcllvaine. 



Of same edible quality as C. aurea, which it resembles, excepting 

 that it is darker and less abrupt in the ending of its clusters. 



C. flac'cida Fr. flaccidus, flaccid. Height 1-3 in., bright ochrace- 

 ous, slender. Stem short, smooth, sometimes wanting, thin, 12 lines 

 thick, repeatedly branched. Branches crowded, unequal, flaccid, 

 upper ones forcep-shaped, pointed. Does not turn green when bruised 

 like C. abietina. The whitish mycelium creeps over the leaves on 

 which it grows. Brittle, tender, flesh white. 



Spores ochraceous, broadly elliptical 4-5x3^ K. 



Received from E. B. Sterling, Trenton, N. J. 



Two specimens eaten. These were quite dry. After soaking they 

 were tender and had good flavor. 



C. cir'cinans Pk. circino, to make round. (Plate CXLII.) Stem 

 short, solid, dichotomously or subverticillately branched. Branches 

 slightly diverging or nearly parallel, nearly equal in length, the ultimate 

 ones terminating in two or more short acute concolorous ramuli. 

 Spores ochraceous. 



Plant 1-2 in. high, obconic in outline, flat-topped, appearing almost 



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