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short branchlets, or compressed with many pointed branch- 
lets at the tip. Stem short. Usually gregarious or in 
crowded tufts, measuring 5 by 4 in. Frequent in shady 
woods in aut. 
0 . rugosa (ruga, a wrinkle), “Wrinkled Fairy-club.” 
Plate XXIX. 7. 
Solitary or gregarious, 3-5 in. high, about J in. thick. 
Whitish. Sometimes a simple club, sometimes branched, 
but always blunt at the tip. Very common in hedges and 
woods, especially under chestnut and fir, in aut. Easily 
recognised by the distinct longitudinal wrinkles. 
(b) Spore Mass ochraceous or cinnamon 
C. abietina (abies, a fir), “ Little Besom.” Plate XXVIII. 4. 
From 1 to 3 in. high, in fir woods, chiefly spruce, in aut. 
Much branched from a stout base. There is great variability 
in the thickness and in the division of the branches. Often 
resembling a besom in miniature. Deep ochre, stem whitish 
and downy. Known at once by turning greenish when 
bruised. 
C. stricta ( stringo , to draw tight—from the tense habit). 
Plate XXVII. 9. 
Densely branched, erect, the branches repeatedly forking, 
tips acute, about 4 in. high. Stem short, rather slender, but 
distinct. Pale dull yellow, becoming brown when bruised. 
On trunks in woods in aut., often springing from a cord-like 
mycelium. Uncommon. 
Section II.—Clubs almost simple, usually tufted 
AT THE BASE 
C. fusiformis ( fusus , a spindle ; forma , shape—spindle- 
shaped), “Golden Spindle.” Plate XXVII. 7. 
Branches elongated, primrose-yellow, rarely unequally 
branched, about 3 in. high. Top contracted into a brownish 
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