﻿OF 
  BRITISH 
  FUNGI. 
  89 
  

  

  Botrytis), 
  is 
  rare 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  but 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  

   Vosges, 
  and 
  in 
  Carintliia, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  usually 
  eaten. 
  

  

  The 
  cinereous 
  Clavaria 
  (C. 
  cinerea) 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  

   woods 
  in 
  some 
  districts. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  short 
  thick 
  stem, 
  

   is 
  very 
  much 
  branched 
  and 
  irregular, 
  and 
  becomes 
  ulti- 
  

   mately 
  of 
  a 
  cinereous 
  hue. 
  The 
  substance 
  is 
  brittle, 
  

   and 
  not 
  tough 
  as 
  in 
  some 
  species. 
  In 
  France 
  this 
  is 
  

   known 
  under 
  various 
  names, 
  as 
  Pied 
  de 
  cog, 
  Galli- 
  

   nole, 
  fyc, 
  and 
  in 
  Italy 
  as 
  Ditola 
  rossa, 
  in 
  both 
  which 
  

   countries 
  it 
  is 
  eaten. 
  (PI. 
  10 
  fig. 
  2.) 
  

  

  An 
  extremely 
  common, 
  clustered, 
  yellow 
  species 
  is 
  

   found 
  in 
  pastures 
  (C. 
  fastigiata), 
  and 
  although 
  some 
  

   authors 
  have 
  proscribed 
  all 
  the 
  yellow 
  species, 
  Piques 
  

   affirms 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  equally 
  good 
  eating 
  with 
  those 
  

   generally 
  esteemed 
  as 
  the 
  best, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  Germany 
  

   it 
  is 
  eaten 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Ziegenbart 
  (goat's 
  

   beard). 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  beautifully 
  coloured 
  species 
  (C. 
  amethys- 
  

   tina) 
  found 
  in 
  Britain, 
  is 
  rare 
  and 
  small, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  

   would 
  be 
  vain 
  to 
  seek 
  sufficient 
  to 
  constitute 
  a 
  dish. 
  

   It 
  is 
  nut 
  plentiful 
  on 
  the 
  Continent, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  pre- 
  

   ferred 
  by 
  some 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  species, 
  and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   possess 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  flavour. 
  (PI. 
  11 
  fig. 
  3.) 
  

  

  The 
  coral-like 
  Clavaria 
  {G. 
  coralloides) 
  has 
  rather 
  

   a 
  thick 
  stem, 
  is 
  much 
  and 
  irregularly 
  branched, 
  white, 
  

   hollow, 
  with 
  a 
  mushroomy 
  odour 
  and 
  agreeable 
  taste. 
  

   It 
  is 
  an 
  inhabitant 
  of 
  woods, 
  but 
  not 
  a 
  plentiful 
  species 
  

   on 
  this 
  side 
  the 
  Channel. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  commonly, 
  and 
  

   much 
  esteemed 
  in 
  Germany, 
  Italy, 
  Switzerland, 
  &c. 
  

   In 
  these 
  countries 
  they 
  arc 
  preserved 
  for 
  winter 
  use 
  by 
  

  

  