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Clavaria subtilis Pers. Comm. t. 4, f. 2, Fr. Hym. Eur., p. 669. 
Tough, thin, white, becoming yellowish, glabrous at the base, 
of equal thickness throughout (1 mm.), branches few, dichotomously forked 
and somewhat fastigiate. Spores white, elliptical 6x34. The 
whole plant is 2-23 cm. high. 
Amongst grass, Moseley Green, Forest of Dean, 16th Sept., 1902. 
Mr. Carleton Rea. Distinguished from allied species by its small 
size, equality of thickness, toughness and few branches. 
Clavaria Micheli Rea=Clavaria fragilis Holmsk. var. C. gracilis 
Pers. Fr. Hym. Eur., p. 675. 3 
Fasciculate, very fragile, thin, cylindrical, yellow, white at the base, 
clubs 4-7 cm. high by 1-2 mm. thick, hollow, apex acute, spores 
white subglobose 3 X 2p. 
On the ground under a cherry tree, Dinmore, 23rd Sept., 1902. 
Mr. Carleton Rea. Distinguished from C. fragilis by its thin cylin- 
drical acute clubs and subglobose spores. 
Clavaria striata Pers. Ic. et desc., t. 2, 1. 5. Kr. Hym. Eur., p. 675. 
Caespitose, subfuliginous. Clubs 3-5 cm. high by 3-4 mm. wide, 
attenuated at apex and base, extreme base white, somewhat twisted | 
and here and there striate, compressed, stuffed white inside, then 
hollow. Spores white, subglobose and apiculate 3-4 x 2-3. . 
Amongst grass, near Beeches, Forest of Dean, 16th Sept., 1902. 
Mrs. Carleton Rea. Distinguished by its subfuliginous colour and 
striate club. 
Stereum quercinum Potter. Trans. English Arboricultural Socy., 
IQOI-1902, p. 7. 
Patches small, irregularly shaped, from 4%; of an inch in diameter, 
to { of an inch long by 3 an inch wide, resupinate, coriaceous, and 
inconspicuous, fitting in between the crevices of the bark to which 
they are closely applied, and concave, with slightly raised edge, pale 
grey to pale brown, often with a lighter margin. Spores colourless, 
elliptical, with rounded ends, 8°5 x 4° ZU. 
On oak, Gosforth Park, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 7th Jan., 1899. 
Lycoperdon velatum Vitt., t. 2, f. 3. 
Pyriform or subglobose slightly umbonate, 7 cm. high by 44 cm. 
wide, and with white cord-like mycelium at the base. The outer 
layer of the peridium tomentose, snow-white, breaking up into 
Cvanescent star-shaped rosettes and forming a false ring-like appearance 
at the apex of the sterile basal stratum, finally disappearing almost 
