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  BULLETIN 
  N. 
  Y. 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  ritius 
  B., 
  which 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  " 
  brick- 
  red 
  " 
  with 
  a 
  deeply 
  umbilicate 
  

   pilens. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  no 
  such 
  forms 
  of 
  our 
  plant 
  and 
  hesitate 
  to 
  adopt 
  

   the 
  opinion 
  there 
  expressed. 
  The 
  species 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  peculiar 
  

   to 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  Craterellus 
  clavatus 
  Pers. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  fleshy, 
  soft, 
  clavate 
  or 
  narrowly 
  obcom'c, 
  turbinate, 
  truncate 
  

   or 
  slightly 
  depressed, 
  nearly 
  glabrous, 
  yellowish, 
  flesh 
  white 
  ; 
  hyme- 
  

   ni 
  urn 
  slightly 
  corrugated 
  or 
  rugose- 
  wrinkled, 
  dull-purplish 
  or 
  brownish 
  

   incarnate 
  ; 
  stem 
  short, 
  solid, 
  pallid 
  or 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  spores 
  subelliptical, 
  

   .0004 
  to 
  .0005 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0002 
  to 
  .0003 
  in. 
  broad. 
  

  

  Plant 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  in. 
  high, 
  pileus 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  in. 
  broad, 
  stem 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  Hemlock 
  woods. 
  Brewerton. 
  September. 
  Rare. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  me 
  since 
  its 
  discovery 
  in 
  our 
  

   State 
  in 
  1878. 
  Its 
  corresponding 
  species 
  among 
  the 
  Chantarelles 
  

   is 
  Cantharellus 
  brevipes. 
  Its 
  resemblance 
  to 
  Clavaria 
  pistillaris 
  is 
  also 
  

   noticeable. 
  The 
  pileus 
  is 
  sometimes 
  slightly 
  uneven 
  or 
  rugose, 
  and 
  

   its 
  margin 
  is 
  rather 
  obtuse 
  and 
  sometimes 
  crenately 
  irregular. 
  The 
  

   color 
  of 
  the 
  hymenium 
  is 
  a 
  peculiar 
  mixture 
  of 
  pink, 
  brown, 
  lilac 
  

   and 
  purple, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  define. 
  It 
  sometimes 
  approaches 
  

   a 
  pale-liver 
  color. 
  Fries 
  describes 
  it 
  as 
  passing 
  from 
  violet-flesh 
  color 
  

   to 
  fuliginous 
  and 
  umber-brown. 
  These 
  variations 
  in 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  

   hymenium 
  have 
  given 
  rise 
  to 
  various 
  synonyms 
  ; 
  for 
  example, 
  Meru~ 
  

   litis 
  violaceus 
  Pers., 
  Merulius 
  purpurascens 
  Pers., 
  Merulius 
  carneus 
  

   Pers., 
  and 
  Merulius 
  umbrinus 
  Pers. 
  Other 
  synonyms 
  are 
  Merulius 
  

   clavatus 
  Pers., 
  Clavaria 
  truncata 
  Schmidt, 
  and 
  Clavaria 
  elvelloides 
  

   Wulf. 
  

  

  Craterellus 
  ccespitosus 
  Pk. 
  is 
  a 
  spurious 
  species 
  and 
  is 
  therefore 
  

   omitted. 
  

  

  