658 293. Clavar. 1 1. HYMENOTHECEiE. Pl.cell.aph. 
10. Clavaria pistillaris. Pistil-like club-stool. 
Thallus solitary, large, yellowish-red, thicker at top, 
wrinkled, solid ; top rounded off. 
Clavaria Herculanea, Bull. Herb. 244 ; Sowerby Fungi , 277. 
Clavaria pistillaris, Persoon Syn. 597. 
In woods, on the ground. 
Taste very bitter. 
1 1 . Clavaria erythropus . Red-fooled club-stool 
Stem stiff, long, dark-red; club cylindrical, short, white. 
Clavaria gyrate Bolton Fung. 1 12. 
Clavaria erythropus, Persoon Syn. 606. 
On sticks. 
12. Clavaria phacorhiza. Lentil-rooted club-stool. 
Thallus threadlike, bent, brown; club pipey; root lentil- 
shape, black. 
Clavaria phacorhiza, Sowerby Fungi , 233 ; Persoon Syn. 607. 
Oil the ground in gardens. 
N. Geoglosside^e. Thallus fleshy, long, expanded at 
the top, either clubshaped or capped ; cap smooth ; hyme- 
nium smooth, expanded. 
LII. 291<. GEOGLOSSUM. Persoon, Ground-tongue . 
Thallus clubshape; club fleshy, mostly compressed, short, 
edged ; edges prominent ; sporidia scattered over the whole 
surlace of the club. 
1. Geoglossum hirsutum. Shaggy ground-tongue . 
Thalli in clusters, large, black, woolly. 
Clavaria ophioglossoides, Sowerby Fungi , 83. 
Geoglossum hirsutum /3, Persoon Syn . 608. 
In woods and pastures. 
2. Geoglossum glabrum . Bald ground-tongue. 
Thallus greyish-black, bald ; stem rather scaly ; club li- 
gulate, not glutinous. 
Clavaria ophioglossoides, Ehrh. Crypt. 140. 
Geoglossum glabrum, Persoon Syn. 608. 
On grassy hills.; beginning of autumn. 
3. Geogl. atropurpureum. Dark-purple ground- tongue. 
Thallus bald, dark-purple. 
Geoglossum purpurascens, Persoon Comm. 39. 
Clavaria atropurpurea, Batsch. Fung. 2, 48. 
Geoglossum atropurpureum, Persoon Syn. 609. 
In grassy places. 
