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CLAVARIA FIiAVA==yeUow, 

 Tlie Pale Yellow Clavaria. 



Stevenson does not mention this species, so it 

 may be peculiar to this country. Stem is 

 short and stout, thick, and abruptly dissolves 

 into a dense mass of erect branches nearly 

 parallel. The tips are yellow but fade when old. 

 It branches below and the stems are whitish. 

 Flesh white. It is recommended as well flavored 

 and edible. 



CLAVARIA PISTILLARIS = a pestle. 

 The Large Club Clavaria. 



This species belongs to the largest of the un- 

 branched kind. It is generally 3 to 5 inches 

 high, and | to f of an inch thick at top. Light 

 yellow color, then reddish, and dingy brown in 

 decay. It is smooth and the flesh soft and 

 white. It is rounded at the top and club- 

 shaped. It tapers downward toward the base. 

 Stevenson gives the height from 6 to 12 inches, 

 but Professor Peck says he has not seen it as 

 large in this country. It is found in open 

 grassy places. It was late in the autumn when 

 we discovered it. (Edible.) 



