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THE LARGER FUNGI 
■124. Clavaria aiistraliaiia Clel. {Ausiralianus, Australian). — Densely branched, 
21 to (iUn. (d to 10 cm.) high ami 4 to (ilin. (10 to 16 cm.) broad, the base up 
to 3in. (7.0 cm.) thick, first branches up to 2in. (5 cm.) thick, the main branches 
Yinaceous Pink, Buff Pink, Congo Pink, Vinaceous Russet, Pecan Brown, Walnut 
Brown (all xxviii.), Light Vinaceous Cinnamon, Light Pinkish Cinnamon (xxix.). 
Pale Brownish Vinaceous (xxxix.), Vinaceous Buff or Vinaceous Pawn (xl.) ; 
the tips Vinaceous Fawn to Fawn Colour (XL.) or Japan Rose (xxvill.). Con- 
tracting uniformly from above to a broad conical base of sevei'al stout compacted 
stems. The thick main branches spread somewhat and divide rather sparingly 
and very irregularly till the last 5in. (1.8 cm.) is reached. Here they divide 
frequently into numerous blunt irregular prongs, often at wide angles, the prongs 
often divide<l again and flattened. The stout main branches and the branchlets 
are definitely rugose. ISpore mass slightly but definitely coloured (pale 
ochraceous) ; spores microscopically sliglitly coloured, elongated, oblique, mummy- 
shaped, not striate, 11 to 13 to 16 x 3.5 to 5.5 /r, rarely 8.5 x 4 ft. On the ground. 
South Australia — Mount Lofty, National Park, Willunga Hill. Ajjril to July. 
(Figure 59.) 
425. Clavaria complanata (Tel. (L., complanare, to make flat). — Forming a 
mass iiin. (7.5 cm.) high and Sin. (12.5 cm.) bi'oad. From the solid base 
dividing repeatedly into slender branches which then become flattened and 
expanded, and then again divide into slender digitate processes iin. (6 mm.) 
long, pale pinkish tussore, becoming brownish salmon, when damp staining paper 
pinkish salmon. Spores hyaline, subspherical, 5.2 to occasionally 7 ft. New 
South Wales — Sydney subuib, probably Hornsby. June. 
426. Clavaria ilaccida Fr. (L., flacoklus, flabby). — Up to IJin. (3 cm.) high, 
Pale Ochraceous Buff' (xv.), stem sometimes Light Oehracepus Buff, with some 
white mycelial threads amongst the moss in whicli it grew. Much branched from 
a usually short stem ; branches crowded, erect, tending to be flattened, sometimes 
slightly rugose, ends more or less cristate with short acute processes. Spores 
pear-shaped, oblique, slightly tinted, microscopically, 5.5 to 7.5 x 3.7 South 
Austi-alia — In moss under Callitris propinqua R.Br. (Pinaceae), Bangham Forest 
(S.Pl.). May. 
This Australian plant seems best referred to C. flacoida Fr. of Europe, the 
United States, etc. This is cliaracterised by its growth amongst moss and leaves 
in coniferous woods; small size (3 to 4 cm.), tough but flaccid texture; bright 
ochraceous colour with paler tips and whitish base ; ci'owded, erect and repeatedly 
forked branches with the upper axils rounded ; and ochraceous spores very finely 
[)uiictate or minutely waited. C. ahietina Fr. is similar but larger and turns 
green when bruised. 
427. Clavaria gracilis Pers. (L., gracilis, slender). — Variable in size and sliape, 
growing in tufts, sometimes with sheets of white mycelium at the base, up to 
Li to 2iin. (3.7 to 6.2 cm.) high, with a slender stem (4 mm. thick), sometimes 
lin. (2.5 cm.) long but usually shorter, repieatedly branching in an upright 
fashion like the branches of a tree or spreading laterally (up to liin., 3.7 cm.), 
in general appearance of a pale buff'v tint (lietween Light Ochraceous Buff and 
Warm Buff, xv. ; Pale Ochraceous Buff', xv.), the colour persisting to the base, 
apices paler. After brandling several times, sometimes antler-like, the stems 
end in short acute processes several mm. long terminating in sharp teeth present- 
ing sometimes a cristate appearance, branches sometimes flattened, sometimes 
rugose. 8pores obliipie, slightly irregular, microscopi'cally slightly tinted, 5.5 x 
3.5 fi. In tufts, sometimes with a suggestion of ring formation, on the forest 
floor under Finns radiata Don. (P. insignis Dough). South Australia Mount 
Burr State Forest (S.E.). Tmited States of America. May. 
428. Clavaria vinaceo-cervina Clel. (L., rinneeus, wine-coloured; cervinus, 
fawn).— Plants i to 2in. (1.2 to 5 cm.) high, nearly vertical or slightly spreading, 
from a short stem-like base very irregularly branching, sometimes with only a 
few branches or prong-like divisions, sometimes with a number of small bi'anches, 
ultimate divisions short, prong-like, mostly blunt, sometimes acute and thorn-like, 
sometimes awl-like or finger-like, often fastigiate, the branches often irregularly 
flattened and the whole plant rugose, usually relatively sleiiiler but in sonie 
collections stouter and more knobby, Vinaceous Pawn (XL.) to Fawn Color (xl.), 
near a pale Vinaceous Russett (xxvni.), deeper than Vinaceous Buff (XL.), 
between Vinaceous Buff and Avellaneous (XL.), Vinaceous Pink (xxviii.) at the 
tips with the stem Vinaceous Fawn (xl. ), greyer than Buff Pink (xxviii.), or 
