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HYMENOMYCETES 
sand in the South of England, often attaining great size. 
Worthington Smith records an enormous Kentish specimen, 
3^ ft. in circumference, io in. high, with a solid base of 
mycelium 6 in. below the ground. One brought to the 
Haslemere Museum in Oct., 1906, measured 3 ft. 8 in. in 
circumference, and weighed nearly 6 pounds. It had been 
cut off level with the ground. 
S. laminosa ( lamina , a thin leaf—from the leaf-like plates). 
Plate XXVIII. 
Closely allied to S. cvispa> and occurring in similar situations. 
The branches are more lax and leaf-like, not so compact and 
crisped. First recorded for Britain during the visit of the 
British Mycological Society to Woolmer Forest, Sept. 26, 
1905. The plate depicts the specimen found on that 
occasion. 
CLAVARIA 
(Clava, a club—from the club-like shape of typical species) 
Section I.— Branched, the branches attenuated 
UPWARDS 
(1 a ) Spore Mass white or dingy white 
C. fastigiata ( fastigium , a slope—from the arrangement of 
the branches). Plate XXIX. 2. 
Rather tough, usually tufted, very much branched, the 
branches sometimes decreasing in height outwardly, giving 
the plant a sloping appearance. Amongst grass in pastures, 
aut. and win. Slightly fragrant. Easily recognised by the 
clear egg-yellow colour. The tips are sometimes brown. 
C. muscoides (5 muscus , moss; Gr. eidos, appearance). 
Differs from C. fastigiata in the more slender stems (hairy 
at the base) not being so branched, nor so repeatedly. It 
occurs in similar situations. Solitary. Common in aut. 
C. cinerea {cinis, ashes—from its ashy colour). Plate 
XXIX. 7. 
Branches numerous and irregular. Sometimes with a few 
