CLAVAEIA. 85 



On the ground. Solitary, or sometimes ia pairs, 2-4 in. 

 Mgh, 2-3 lines thick, longitudinally grooved, sometimes 

 splitting, apex tapering ; not rooting. 



Clavaria acuta. Sow. 



White, solitary, simple, erect, clavate, apex acute, prui- 

 nose ; spores colourless, suhglohose, ahoat 4 /a. 



Clavaria acuta. Sow., Fung., t. 333 ; Berk., Outl., p. 283 ; 

 Cke.,.Hdbk., n. 991 ; Stev., Brit. Fung. ii. p. 301. 



On soil in plant-pots, &o. From ^l^- in. high. 



Clavaria uncialis. Grev. 



Whitish, tough, simple, smooth, ohtuse, attenuated below ; 

 spores colourless, elliptical, 5 X 3 /x. 



Clavaria uncialis, Grev., Scot. Cr. Fl., t. 98 ; Berk., Outl. 

 284; Cke., Hdbk., n. 992; Stev., Brit. Fung. ii. p. 301. 



On dead stems of herbaceous plants, especially um- 

 bellifers. Scattered, ^^1 in. high, becoming rather carti- 

 laginous and pale amber colour when dry. Distinguished by 

 its habitat. 



■ff Colour yellow or pallid, becoming darker. 



Clavaria pistillaris. Lion. (fig. 8, p. 74.) 

 Simple, clavate or obovate, stuii'ed, minutely velvety, 



whitish, then dirty yellow, finally dingy brown ; spores 



white, elliptic-oblong, 9-11 x 5-6 /x. 



Clavaria pistillaris, Cke., Hdbk., n. 987 ; S'ev., Brit. 



Fung. ii. p. 299. Sow., Fung., t. 277. 



In woods. Yariable in size, from 4-12 in. high, 1-? in. 



thick at widest part ; either club-shaped with a nan-ow base 



or sometimes irregularly subglobose or broadly elliptical ; 



flesh whitish, stuffed in the centre, that is, the texture is 



loose and cottony. 



Clavaria ligula. Fr. 

 Gregarious, clavate, obtuse, much attenuated downwards, 

 base -villous, simple, pale ochraceoas, the clubs with rufes- 

 cent tinge, stuffed; spores colourless, elliptical, 11-13 X 



4r-5 IJ.. 



Clavaria ligula, Fr., Hym. Eur., p. 676 ; Stev., B. Fung. ii. 

 p. 299 ; Fl. Dan., t. 837, f. 1. 



