50 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Clavaria pistillaris L. 

 LARGE CLUB CLAVARIA 



PLATE 93, FIG. 1-4 



Club simple, large, soft, fleshy, glabrous, clavate or oblong 

 clavate, obtuse, solid or slightly spongy within, even or nearly so, 

 ochraceous buff, flesh white, taste mild; spores elliptic, ,0004-. 0005 

 of an inch long, .0002-. 00024 broad. 



The large club clavaria is not very common and is quite variable 

 in size and shape. It is usually 2-6 inches long and 6-12 lines 

 thick. Sometimes the club gradually enlarges from base to top, 

 again it is swollen at the base and at the top or it may be nearly 

 cylindric in the lower half and gradually enlarged upward in the 

 upper half. Large thick specimens are sometimes cracked at the 

 top, revealing the white flesh. The color is sometimes yellowish, 

 sometimes ochraceous buff or tan color. It is often more highly 

 colored at the top than toward the base. The plant is generally 

 clean and free from the attacks of insects. It usually grows in a 

 scattered manner, only a few specimens being found in a place, 

 but occasionally it may form tufts of two or three plants. It 

 grows in woods and may be found from August to September. 

 The species is easily recognized and is not likely to be mistaken 

 for any harmful mushroom. It is similar in its texture and flavor 

 to the umbonate clavaria, C. pistillaris umbonata. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES 



PLATE P 



Cortinarius heliotropicus Pk. 



Heliotrope Cortinarius 



1 Immature plant with unexpanded pileus 



2 Immature plant with expanded pileus 



3 Mature plant with unspotted pileus 



4 Mature plant with spotted pileus 



5 Vertical section of the upper part of an immature plant 



6 Vertical section of the upper part of a mature plant 



7 Four spores, x 400 



Pholiota appendiculata Pk. 



Appendiculate Pholiota 



8 Young plant showing unbroken veil beneath the pileus 



9 Yoimg plant showing stem and pileus 



10, II Two immature plants, one showing lamellae beneath the 

 pileus 



