Clavariaceae 



"It produces nausea, vertigo and violent diarrhea." Leuba. ciavaria. 



I have not seen the plant. 



SYNCO'RYNE. Gr. together, a club. 

 Clubs almost simple, tufted at the base. 



C. fusifor'mis Sow. fusus, a spindle. (Plate CXXXVIII, fig. i, 

 p. 514.) Yellow, cespitoso-connate, slightly firm, soon hollow. Clubs 

 somewhat fusiform, simple and toothed, even, attenuated to the base 

 which is of the same color. Stevenson. 



Spores pale yellow, globose, 4~5/* Massee. 



Closely resembles C. inaequalis Fl. Dan. 



Woods and pastures. August to November. 



Received from E. B. Sterling, Trenton, N. J., August, 1897. 



The clubs are -^g- in. through, 4 in. high, light clear yellow, trans- 

 lucent, clustered in groups of four or five united at the base. 



Tender, well flavored, cooks easily. 



C. auran'tio-cinnabari'no Schw. aurantius, orange; cinnabaris, 

 vermilion. Orange-red; base white with a sub-hairy powder; clubs 

 simple, flexuous, fleshy, somewhat tenacious, fasciculate, thickened in 

 the middle and attenuated toward either end, at first cylindrical then 

 compressed, 67 mm. thick, 2-4 in. high. 



Pennsylvania. On the ground among rhododendrons. 



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



The plant when fresh is a beautiful rose color, inclining to orange at 

 the tips. It reminds one of the peach-blow vase color in some of its 

 shades. The single clubs, growing in cluster, to the height of four 

 inches, graceful in outline, exquisitely shaded, are a sight one lingers 

 over. While they invite the mycophagist to eat them, his voracity is 

 checked by their beauty. They are tender and delicious. It is regret- 

 table that thus far it has not been reported in quantity. 



C. insequal'is Fl. Dan. unequal. Height 2-3 in. club-shaped, 

 yellow, gregarious, single or in loose tufts, fragile, stuffed. Clubs club- 

 shaped or almost equal, simple, sometimes forked or variously cut at 

 tip, one color. 



Spores colorless, elliptical, 9-10x5/4 Massee. 



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