436 CLAVARIACE^E Clavaria 



1965a. C. tenerima Mass. & Crossl. (from its tender substance : 



tener, tender). 

 C/. cylindrical, flexuous, somewhat attenuate above, base not 



narrowed, hyaline white. 



Gregarious but distinct at base. Amongst short grass. i in. Resembles 

 1962 in habit. 



1966. C. acuta Sow. (from the sharp pointed clubs ; acutus, sharp) 



a b c. 



Tense, straight with a translucent stem distinct from the opaque 

 club, white. 



Solitary. Sides of damp ditches, in garden pots; rare. Sept.-Nov. I in. 

 Hardly a Clavaria. Sowerby's original drawing has the appearance of a 

 Tormbia growing on a dead chrysalis, perhaps a Pistillaria. 



1967. C. uncialis Grev. (from its usual length, about one inch, uncia) 



a b c. 

 CL stuffed, tough, tense and straight, obtuse, smooth, white, 



sometimes shaded faintest rose, becoming pale amber. 

 Dead stems of herbaceous plants, umbellifers ; uncommon. May-Nov. I in. 



1968. C. pistillaris L. (from the pestle shape \ pist'illum^ a pestle) a b c. 

 Fleshy, stuffed, ovato-clavate, obtuse, light yellow to brownish- 

 tan or rufescent. 



Solitary. Taste bitter ; odour not unpleasant. Woods, amongst ferns and 

 leaves, roadsides under hedges ; uncommon. Sept.-Nov. n in. 



1969. C. ligula Schaeff. (from the shape, like a small tongue or strap, 



ligula) a c. 

 Spongy-fleshy, elongato-clavate, obtuse, rarely slightly forked, 



villous at base, yellowish to pallid rufescent, rarely pale red. 

 Gregarious. Woods, fallen twigs and branches, amongst fir-leaves, moss. 



4 in. 



1970. C. eontorta Holmsk. (from the usually twisted shape; con- 



tor tus, twisted) a b c. 



Contorted, wrinkled, obtuse, sometimes attenuate upwards or 

 broadly spathulate, rarely bifid, spongy-fleshy, stuffed, watery- 

 yellowish to somewhat pale olive-yellow. 



Solitary or csespitose. Wood, twigs, alder ; rare. Sept.-Nov. f in. 



1971. C. fistulosa Holmsk. (from the hollow clubs ; fistula, a pipe) a c. 

 Slender, tense, straight, hollow, light yellowish, yellow, ivory-buff 



or buff to orange and rufescent, rooting and villous below. 

 Twigs, branches, etc. 9! in. 



1972. C. tuberosa Sow. (from the tuberous base) a b. 



Tough, even, aculeate, hollow, tuberous and solid below, held to 



the matrix by flocci, ochre to somewhat pale salmon-umber. 

 Csespitose. Sticks, birch, bursting through the bark. Nov. 3 in. 



1973. C. juneea Fr. (from the rush-like shape ; juneus, a rush) a b c. 

 Filiform, flaccid, hollow, acute, pallid to rufescent or yellow, 



pale ochre or pale orange, base creeping, fibrillose. 

 Gregarious. Woods, amongst leaves, twigs and moss, fir, poplar, beech, 

 oak. Sept.-Nov. 5 in. Sometimes hair-like in thinness, the base 



