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Twenty- FOURTH Report on the State MusEmt 



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 Genus— CLAY ARIA L. 



Plant Jleshy, erect, homogeneous, sinijple or hfanolied ; hymenium 

 dry, occupying nearly or quite the whole surface. 



The name of the genus is derived from the Latin clava, a clnb. 

 Some of the species are chib-shaped, others are branched above in 

 snch a nianner as to resemble a miniatm'e tree or shrub. The 



following is a synopsis of the species at present known to occur in 

 tlie State. 



a. Stems branched. 



1. Spores white 2 



2. Plant yellow (luteous, ochraceous, etc.) 3 



3. Stem stout, much and irregularly branched . . 4 



4. Apices of the branches red Botrytis 



4. Apices of the branches yellow flava 



3. Stem slender, dichotomously branched teteagona 



2. Plant white or cinereous (no shade of yellow). . 5 



5. Stem smooth, color cinereous 6 



6. Apices of the branches obtuse (concolorous) cinerea 



6. Apices crested, acute (at length brown). . . cristata 



5. Stem hairy, apices of the branches acute .... trichopus 



5. Stem smooth, color white Kunzei 



I. Spores ochraceous (plant some shade of yellow or 



ochre) 7 



7. Plant terrestrial (growing on the ground or 



among leaves) 8 



8. Apices of the branches obtuse, concolorous. . aurea 



8. Apices acute or acicular, white spinulosa 



7. Plant epiphytal (growing on rotten wood, logs, 



etc.) \. 9 



9. Axils concolorous (i.e., ochraceous like the rest 



of the plant) 10 



10. On wood of acerose trees, branches 



straight apiculata 



10. On wood of frondose trees, branches flexu.- 



OUS CRISPULA 



9. Axils becoming cinnamon colored, branches 



straight stricta 



h. Stems simple (rarely once divided, or with one 

 or two branches.) 



II. Growing in tufts or clusters 12 



12. Plant yellow 13 



13. Club hollow, mostly regular fusiformis 



13. Club stuffed, irregular or compressed in^qualis 



12. Plant white or whitish 14 



14. Club and stem distinct, color dingy argillacea 



14. Club and stem confluent, color pure fragilis 



