CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. ' 1061 



A.B. Schcefer. tah. 175, 176, 177, 285, 286, 

 287, 288. opt.) : .:.,v. 



Coral Clavaria. Anglis. 



In woods and heaths not uncommon. X. XL 



The height of this is three or four inches. The 

 fubftance eafily broken and friable. The color 

 generally yellow, fometimes white, rarely pur- 

 pie or reddiPxi. 



From one common bafe an inch thick, and often 

 much more, is form'd a clofe bunch of round 

 or nightly comprefs'd parallel branches, divi- 

 ■ ■• '" ded and fubdivided, and at lafl: terminating 



each in two or three fhort, obtufe, dented feg- 

 ments. — The flefli or internal fubftance is 

 , ' white. The feeds oval. 



It is reputed to be one of the beft of the fungous 

 tribe for the table, and is eaten by the Germans 

 under the name of Ziegenbart. 



ffijlinatn^. C. ramis confertis ramofifllmis faftigiatis obtufis 

 luteis. Sp. pi. 1652. (Buxhaum. cent. IF. 

 p. 39. /. 66. f. I. Rail Syn. $. pag. 479. taL 

 24. /. 5. Schceffer.t. 170, 172, 174.) 



Little coral Clavaria. Anglis. 



In woods and paftures. IX. X. 



This is very like the preceding, and perhaps is 

 only a variety. 



It is about an inch high, and forms only a fmall 

 *^ \ y y y 3 duller. 



