Sparassis 



CLAVARIACE^E 



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recurved, intricate at apex, the whole forming a large sponge- 

 like mass ; stemless or with a short stout stem. 

 Edible. Odour very sweet of anise. Beside fir-trees and stumps, on dead 

 fir-leaves, terrestrial on heaths. Aug. -Nov. i ft. I in. x I ft. I in. 

 Sometimes attaining a diameter of 18 in. and a weight of 2 or 3 Ibs. 



1926a. S. laminosa Fr. (from the leaf-like plates or layers of the 



entire plant ; lamina, a thin leaf) a. 

 Very much branched, branches laminar, spreading, yellowish 



straw-colour. 



Woods. Sept. io x 7 in. Stronger smelling and softer than 1926, 

 never fimbriate at edges, lamince large, loose. 



XCII. CLAVARIA L. 

 (From the club-like shape of some typical species ; clava, a club.) 



Fleshy, erect, branched or simple, branches somewhat round, 

 with or without a distinct stem. Hymenium continuous, dry, even, 

 homogeneous. Basidia tetrasporous. 

 Spores coloured or uncoloured, 

 For the most part terrestrial. (Fig. 

 107.) Species 19271975 



RAMARLE. Branched, branches at- 

 tenuate upwards. 



a. Leiicosporcz. Spores white or 



nearly white. 

 Red, yellow or violet. 



19271933 

 White or grey. 1934 1942 



b. Ochrospora. Spores pale 



yellow, ochreous or cinna- 

 mon. 



Yellow, pinkish-yellow or dull 

 ochreous. 1943 1949 



Whitish, grey or violet. 



1950, 1951 

 Growing on wood. 



1952, 1953 

 SYNCORYN^E. Clubs almost simple, 



tufted at the base. 

 Reddish. 19541956 



Yellowish or white. 



19571963 

 Smoky or blackish. 1964 



HOLOCORYN^E. Clubs entire or simple or nearly so, distinct at the 



base. 



Whitish. 1965 1967 



Yellow or pallid, becoming darker. 1968 1973 



Brownish or flesh-colour. 1974, 1975 



Fig. 107. A, Clavaria coralloides L. ; 

 B, C. vermicularis Fr. ; c, C. fistulosn 

 Holmsk., one-third natural size. D, C. 

 pistillaris L., basidium and spores, X 330. 



