LEATHER FUNGI 



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Clavaria juncea Rush Clavaria 



Cap 5-10 cm. tall, ^2-1 cm, wide, 

 whitish to tan or reddish, fragile, fleshv, 

 hollow, cylindric or rush-like, acute, some- 

 what hair}- and bent at the base, more or 

 less grouped ; spores clear, globoid, 4- 

 5,u. The name refers to the form. 



Clavaria mucida Tiny Clavaria 



Cap 1-2 cm. tall, 1-2 mm. wide, 

 white. Yellowish or rarely fiinkish, smooth, 

 simple, or with a few tooth-like branches, 

 watery-fleshy, cylindric, acute ; s ]> o r e s 

 clear, ellipsoid, 5-7 X 3-4^. The name re- 

 fers to the habit of growing on decaying 

 wood. 



(Jn wood or on the ground ; too small 

 to be valuable. 



PHY8ALACKIA 



Distinguished from C 1 a \- a r i a b\' 

 an inflated head-like cap, borne on a dis- 

 tinct stem. The name refers to the bubble-like caj: 



Fi(;uRE 76. Cl.\v.-\ria tunce.\ 



Physalacria inflata Bubble Top 



C a p 4-S mm. wide, 

 whitish or yellowish, 

 smooth, thin, fleshy- 

 waxy, more or less glo- 

 bose ; stem 8-20 mm., 

 slender, white, slightly 

 scaly, solid ; spores 

 clear, small, ellipsoid, 4- 



Fic;uRt; 77. Phys.vl.acri.si im'l.yia 

 textures, but distinguished from lioth by the absence of 



LEATHER FUNGI 

 THELEPHORACEAE 



Resembling pore 



fungi and tooth fungi in 



the variety cif forms and 



pores or teeth, i. e., the 



