80 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



crowded, tapering upwards, brownisli cinnamon'; spores 

 ocliraceous, elliptical, 11-13 X 5-6 /*, 



Olavaria spinulosa, Pers., Obs. ii. t. 3, f. 1 ; Stev,, Brit. 

 Fung. 294. 



In pine woods. From 2-3 in. high, stem ^1 in., some- 

 what resembling some forms of G. ahietina, but distinguished 

 by the very much larger spores and not becoming green 

 when bruised. 



Clavaria abietiua. Schum. (figs. 2, 8, p. 74.) 

 Stem short, thick, white, downy ; branches numerous, 

 crowded, frequently divided, erect, ochraoeous, becoming 

 greenish when bruised ; spores ochraceons, elliptical, 

 6 X 3-4 /i. 



Clavaria ahietina, Cke., Hdbk., n. 971 ; Stev., Brit. Fung, 

 ii. p. 294 ; Greville, Scot. Cr. Fl. t. 117. 



In fir woods. From 1-3 in. high, very much branched 

 from a stout base, branches deep ochre, sometimes rather 

 thick, equal, repeatedly divided, axils rounded, tips abrupt, 

 cristate, at others divided into numerous thin erect branches, 

 the whole plant resembling a birch besom. Taste bitter. 

 Branches longitudinally wrinkled when dry. 



Clavaria flaccida. Fr. 



Slender, very much branched, flaccid, ochraoeous, stem 

 very short, branches crowded, repeatedly forked, upper 

 axils rounded, and the acute terminal branchlets converg- 

 ing ; spores ochraoeous, broadly elliptical, 4-5 x 3 /x. 



Clavaria flaccida. Berk., Outl., 280; Cke., Hdbk., n. 972 ; 

 Stev. Brit. Fung. ii. p. 295. 



Amongst moss in woods. From 1-2 in. high, closely 

 related to C. spinuhsa, but colour clearer than ochraoeous 

 without any tinge of brown, and the terminal branches con- 

 verging like forceps. Does not turn green when bruised 

 like C. ahietina. Mycelium whitisli, floccose, creeping over 

 leaves. Stem sometimes § in. long, at others almost obsolete. 



Clavaria crooea. Pers. 

 Saffron-yellow, stem slender, pale, at the apex dividing 

 into a few branches, which again divide in a dichotomous 

 manner ; spores oohraceous, elliptical, 6-7 X 3-4 /x. 



