74 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



cult to determine. The plants vary in their colorings ; some 

 are white, others red, yellow, or violet, and these colors, with 

 the color of the spores, form a basis for the determination of 

 the species. The spores are white, ochre-colored, or cinna- 

 mon. 



Clavaria aurea Schsefif. (golden). 



Mansfield. July (6i). 

 Clavaria cinerea Bull. (ashy). 



East Hartford, Hanmer; Mansfield, Aug. (256). 

 Clavaria flava Schseflf. (yellow). 



Mansfield, June, Aug. (30, 250). Plate XL. 

 Clavaria fusiformis Sow. (spindle-shaped). 



\\'aterford, Hanmer', Goshen, Underivood. 

 Clavaria Schafferi Sacc. 



Mansfield, July, Hanmer. 

 Clavaria pyxidata Pers. (box-like). 



South Glastonbury, Bolton, Hanmer; Mansfield, July 

 (186). 

 Clavaria pulchra Peck, (beautiful). 



East Hartford, Hanmer. 

 Clavaria rugosa Bull, (wrinkled). 



Rainbow, Hanmer. 

 Clavaria vermicularis (Scop.) Fr. (wormy). 



Rainbow, Hanmer. 



LACHNOCLADIUM Lev. 



Xax^oQ, fleece; K\ado^ branch. 



These plants are distinguished from Clavaria by the some- 

 what leathery tissue of the fruit-body. This tissue is some- 

 times brittle and cartilaginous. The plants are more or less 

 branched, and are found growing on the ground or on wood. 

 They are frequently covered with a close, soft pubescence. 



Lachnocladium Micheneri B. & C. 



East Plartford, Hanmer. 

 Lachnocladium odoratum Atk. (odorous). 

 Mansfield. 

 A new species, soon to be described by Professor Atkinson. 



