84 PUNGIJS-FLOEA. 



Clavaria vermicularis, Cke., Hdbk., n. 984 ; Stev., Brit. 

 Eung. ii. p. 298. f. xcii. 



Amongst grass. Densely tufted, white, about 2 in. high, 

 straight or sometimes flexuous. 



Clavaria fragilis. Holmsk. 



White, sometimes with a yellow tinge, loosely tufted, very 

 brittle, simple, stuffed, becoming hollow and variously com- 

 pressed, and twisted, spores white, elliptical, 10-12 x 4:-6 /a. 



Clavaria fragilis, Berk., Outl., 283 ; Cke., Hdkb:, n. 985 ; 

 Stev., Brit. Fung. ii. p. 298. 



Amongst grass. Clubs generally simple, rarely with 1 or 

 more short branches, variously compressed, twisted or curved, 

 soon hollow, very biittle, 1-3 in. high. Not so closely com- 

 pacted as in G. vermicularis, and the tips not so pointed, 



fll Colour smoTcy or hlacMsh. 



Clavaria fumosa. Pers. 



Greyish-brown or dusky-ochre, fasciculate, fragile, soon 

 hollow, clubs straight or flexuous, tips usually pointed and 

 curved, very much attenuated downwards ; spores colourless, 

 elliptical, 6-8 X 4 /x. 



Clavaria fumosa, Cke., Hdbk., n. 986 ; Stev., B. Fung, ii, 

 p. 298. 



Amongst grass. Tufted, varying from smoke-brown to 

 dingy ochre, 2-3 in. high. In Kromholtz, fig. 18, quoted 

 by Fries under the present species; the clubs are very 

 flexuous, tips aciculate, curved, very much attenuated below, 

 dirty ochre, 2-3 in. high. 



III. HOLOCOEYNE. Cluhs almost simple, distinct 

 at the base. 



t Colour whitish. 



Clavaria canaliculata. Fr. 



Solitary, white, simple, smooth, rather tough, soon hollow, 

 then becoming compressed, and longitudinally furrowed; 

 spores colourless, broadly elliptical, 10-12 X 9-10 ft. 



Clavarid canaliculata, Fr., Hym. Eur., p. 678 ; Stev., Brit. 

 Pimg. ii. p. 300. 



