CLAVARIACEJ2 
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CALOCERA 
(Gr. kalos, beautiful; keras, a horn—from its shape and colour) 
C. viscosa (from its viscidity). Plate XXVI. 12. 
Sph. branched, straight, repeatedly forking, orange-yellow, 
1-3 in. high, exactly resembling a Clavaria. Very common 
on rotten fir-stumps throughout the year, especially late aut . 
The long pale root penetrates deep into the wood. Easily 
known by its stickiness, beautiful orange colour, and habitat. 
CLAVARIACEiE 
(Club-bearing Fungi) 
Sparassis. 
Clavaria. 
Pterula. 
Typhula. 
Pistillaria, 
KEY TO THE GENERA 
Sporophore consisting of many compressed crisped 
branches, forming a large tuft resembling the heart of 
a cauliflower. 
Sporophore a fleshy, simple, or more or less branched 
club, without a distinct stem. 
Sporophore consisting of small, very slender hair-like 
branches, forming a brush-like tuft. 
Sporophore a simple club, with a distinct stem, usually 
springing from a sclerotium. 
Sporophore a minute simple club, with a distinct stem, 
usually not springing from a sclerotium ; rigid when 
dry. 
SPARASSIS 
(Gr. sparasso , to tear to pieces—from the appearance of the 
sporophore) 
S. crispa ( crispa , a curl—from its crisped or curled appear¬ 
ance). Plate XXVIII. 
Forms large globose tufts, resembling the heart of a cauli¬ 
flower (or “like a sponge”), at the base of Scotch pines in 
aut. in shady woods. Whitish or pale yellow, branches 
laciniate, crisped, and brittle. Stem-like base, usually deeply 
rooted. It is not uncommon in pine woods on the Green- 
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