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The tuberous root is generally concealed under the bark or 

 within the straw, and so closely resembles the seed of some 

 plant, that one can hardly believe it otherwise than one 

 germinating in this peculiar situation, particularly when 

 the fungus is young and has not developed its clubbed 

 hymenium. 



84. CLAVARIA. 



OBS The Clavariee are fleshy homogeneous fungi, growing 

 always on the ground, and coming forth principally towards the 

 end of autumn. They are undivided or branched, the apices ta- 

 pered or club-shaped, but terminated by no cap or pileus distin- 

 guishable from the stalk. The seminal powder is enclosed in pel- 

 lucid tubes, and at maturity is discharged from the whole surface, 

 or from the upper part of it. 



* Simple. 



1. C. ophioglossoides, entirely black, club-shaped, the stalk sub- 

 cylindrical, downy ; height 1-2 inches. WITH. iv. 400. BOLT. 

 Fung. t. 111. f. 2. Sow. Fung. t. 83. Geoglossumhirsutum,J:lQOK. 

 Scot. ii. 30. GREV. Fl. Edin. 416. Crypt. Fl t. 185. 



flab. Moorish pastures, abundant. 



2. C. in&qualis, yellow, smooth, subcylindrical or compressed, 

 the apex tapered, bifurcate, or deformed. GREV. Fl. Edin. 414. 

 C. vewniculata,) LIGHTF. Scot. 1057. Sow. Fung. t. ?53. HOOK. 

 Scot. ii. 30. 



Hab. Moorish pastures, abundant, solitary or in tufts. 



\ \ or 2 inches high, solid, fibrous, rather brittle, often fur- 

 rowed and variously deformed. It is sometimes whitish, 

 except about the summits. 



3. C. vermicularis, white, smooth, cylindrical or compressed, the 

 apex tapered, obtuse or obscurely bifid. GREV. Fl. Edin. 414. 



Hob. Moorish pastures, either singly or 2 or 3 together. 

 Oct. 



Height \\ inch. Substance fibrous, not fragile, with a 

 spongy fistular centre. 



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