Clavaria CLAVARIACE/E 431 



1933. C. curta Fr. (from its short stature ; curtus, short) a b. 



Very much branched, adpressed ; branches short, crowded, 

 obtuse ; stem none, but there is usually a fleshy base, greenish- 

 yellow. 



On the ground, on fir-leaves. Oct. J to f in. 



1934. C. eoralloides L. (from its appearance, like white coral; 



Gr. eidos^ appearance) a b c. 



Branches unequal, dilated upwards ; branchlets crowded, acute ; 

 trunk somewhat thick, repeatedly and irregularly much 

 branched, base not downy, somewhat fragile, hollow within. 



Commonly aespitose. Edible ; sold for food in markets of Italy. Shady 

 woods ; rare. Oct.-Nov. 5^ x 5| in. Sometimes faintly shaded buff. 



1935. C. einerea Pers. (from its ashy colour ; cinis, ashes) a b c. 

 Branches and branchlets thickened, irregularly shaped, somewhat 



wrinkled, subobtuse ; trunk somewhat thick, short, very much 

 branched, fragile, stuffed. 

 Woods, mixed, fir ; frequent. Aug.-Nov. 5f X 4& in. 



1936. Cf umbrina Berk, (from the colour, usually pale brown, 



umbrintts) a. 

 Slightly branched ; branches and branchlets cylindrical, obtuse, 



forked, pale umber to salmon-yellowish. 

 Woods, lawns, etc. July-Oct. 2 in. 



1937. C. eristata Pers. (from the crested apices of the branchlets ; 



crista, a crest) a be. 

 Branches dilated above, acutely incised, crested, tough, even, 



stuffed, white, crests at length becoming pale buff. 

 Somewhat csespitose. Woods, mixed, pine ; frequent. June-Nov. 3^ x 3& in. 



1937a. C. gigaspora Cotton (from the large spores; Gr. gigas, a 



giant) a. 



Irregularly branched ; branches sometimes palmate, erect, terete 

 or compressed, much compressed at the acute axils, ultimate 

 branches attenuate, apices blunt, greyish with a shade of 

 yellow. 



Caespitose, but distinct at the base, or solitary. Amongst moss on rocky 

 heathy slopes. Nov. i X . 



1938. C. pugosa Bull, (from the wrinkled stem; ruga, a wrinkle) 



a b c. 



Sparingly branched to simple, thickened upwards, irregularly 

 shaped, tough, white. 



Edible. Woods, beech, pastures ; very common. Aug.-Dec. 5 in. 

 Var. macrospora W. G. Sm., C. macrospora Britz. Spores longer and 

 somewhat larger than type. Type 7-io/x. Var. 8-10 x 12-14 ft. 



1939. C. Krombholzii Fr. (after Julius Vicenz von Krombholz) a b c. 

 Slightly branched, even ; branches somewhat compressed, obtuse, 



not wrinkled, fragile, white. 

 Csespitose. Old pastures. Sept. 2 in. 



