NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 
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Clavulina ciuerca (Er.) Sell met., previously reported 
as common in South Australia, has not previously been 
recorded from Queensland. It has now been found 
(21/6/51) in Kalinga Park, Brisbane. 
The plant is one of the Clavariaeeae, the Club Eungi 
or Coral Eungi, a family which is' cosmopolitan in its 
distribution. Clavulina is a terrestrial genus, rarely 
lignicolous, and contains thirty-two species in temperate 
and tropical regions. C. cinerea is generally much 
branched, appearing somewhat like a small, dark grey 
cauliflower-head .or mass of coral, reaching about 3-4 
inches in height and the same in diameter. The round, 
colourless spores are borne on the surface of the “clubs” 
or branches. 
The specimens found in Kalinga Park were in the 
small patch of scrub that follows along Kedron Brook. 
They are, for the most part, much less branched than 
the ones described above, and measure 2-4 inches in 
height. This reduction in size may be due to the fact 
that they were growing in the hard-packed clay by the 
side of the track. 
C. cincrca is one of the four edible species of 
Clavulina. Some of the Clavariaeeae are very palatable 
when fried; this species, however, was not found in 
sufficient quantity for such experiments. 
J. HERBERT. 
an OCCURRENCE OF GEASTRIJM PECTINATUM 
PERSOON 
One specimen of this fungus (one of the Earth- 
stars) not previously recorded from South Queensland, 
was found at Alexandra Headlands, S.E. Queensland, 
in August, 1950. It was growing in pure sand under a 
Coastal She-oak ( Casuarina equiseti folia var. incana ) on 
the strand. This is a very unusual occurrence, as the 
genus is generally found in pasture lands or on the forest 
floor. 
The plant is brown, with a non-hvgroseopic 
exoperidium about 2 inches in diameter, split into nine 
rays; the stalked smooth endoperidium is globose, 0.5 
inch in diameter, and bears a silicate peristome. 
J. HERBERT. 
