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1953. C. epispula Fr. (from the slightly curled branchlets; crispulus,
slightly curled) abc.
Trunk very thin or obsolete, very much branched; branches
flexuous, multifid, branchlets divaricate, tan to ochreous, buff
or ochre, almost white below.
Base of trees, ash, elder ; rare. Oct.-Dec. 3® x 2J in.
Syncorynæ.
1954. C. purpurea Müll, (from the colour ; purpureus, purple) a c.
Cl. elongate, hollow, then compressed, acute, fragile, opaque,
claret-brown and slightly purplish to purple.
Cæspitose. Under pine ; rare. Aug.-Oct. 3® in.
1955. C. rufa Pers. (from the reddish colour ; rufus, red) a c.
Cl. stuffed, thickened, fusiform, sometimes bifid, rarely triifid, pale
warm brown, rarely bright red or orange-vermilion, apices
darker with age.
Cæspitose. Odour somewhat strong. Sept. 2® in.
1956. C. rosea Dalman (from the rose colour) abc.
Cl. stuffed, fragile, pale to claret-pink or full rose-colour, apices
attenuate or rounded, becoming yellowish with age.
Somewhat fasciculate. Pastures, amongst moss ; rare. 2® in.
trifid or
fuscous.
1957. C. fusiformis Sow. (from the fusiform clubs) abc.
Cl. somewhat fusiform, apex acute, sometimes bifid,
toothed, firm, soon hollow, bright yellow, apices
Spores even.
Cmspitoso-connate. Amongst grass, woods, pastures, etc. ; common Sept -
Sometimes intensely bitter. Often confounded with 1958
and 1959. \a r . ceranotdes W. G. Sm., Clavaria ceranoides Pers., unequal
divided above, branched, upper part often antler-like.
1957a. C. luteoalba Rea (from colour of the club, yellow below,
white above; luteus, yellowq albus, white) a.
Cl. simple, stuffed, attenuate to base, apex acute to blunt deep
rich yellow, apex constantly white. ’
Fasciculate or scattered. Amongst grass and bracken. Sept.-Oct. 2® in.
1958. C. dissipabilis Britz. (from the scattered habit; dissipabilis
dissipated, scattered) a.
Cl. elongato-clavate, apex rounded, rarely subacute, round or
compressed and channelled, solid, collapsing, fragile, even,
glabrous, deep orange yellow. Spores spinulose.
Solitary or in small clusters. Short grass in pastures, roads, woods; common
Oct. 2® in. Often confounded with 1957 and 1959.
1959. C. insequalls Müll, (from the clubs being often unequal in
diameter and more or less unevenly compressed ; incequalis
unequal) abc. ’
Cl. variable, usually simple and rounded above, narrow or
inflated, fragile, stuffed, rarely bifid, yellow, usually paler than
1957 and 1958. Spores even.
Somewhat fasciculate or gregarious. Amongst grass,
common. Aug.-Nov. 4! ¡n- O fte n co n fo u n d ed w'lth 1957 and 1958.
1960. C. argillaeea Pers. (from the colour of clay, argilla) a b c.
Cl usually simple, variable, sometimes short and obese, rarely
with short rounded obtuse branchlets, apex (ound^, sometimes
in hammer-form, whitish-yellow to brownish-buff or buff-
ivory, rarely sulphur, base yellowish.
Usually fasciculate. Woods, amongst moss, under firs. Aug.-Nov.
1961. C. vermieularis Fr. (from a fancied worm-like shape ; vermis.
Cl. stX™^ cylindrical, flexuous, acutely pointed, fragile, white
apices at length somewhat yellowish, base often faintly
brownish.
Cæspitose. Amongst grass, pastures, roadsides; very common. May-Oct.
4® in.
1962. C. fragilis Holmsk. (from its brittleness ; fragile) a b c
Cl soon hollow, obtuse and rounded above, rarely forked, white,
'sometimes ivory, yellowish or pale brownish, white below.
Fasciculate. Pastures, roadsides ; common. Aug.-Nov. 3 m.
1962a. C. Miehelii Rea (after Piero Antonio Micheli) «.
CL thin, cylindrical, hollow, apex acute, very fragile, yellow,
white at the base.
Fasciculate On the ground under trees, cherry. Sept. This plant should
not h a / been xesrxitlMiehelii, asMicheli’s plant. Nova Plant. Genera t .j7 ,
figs. 6^ 0, is stout, obtuse and white. According to Fries this is C. fragtbs.
1963. C. striata Pers. (from the striate clubs) «.
C l elongate, compressed, somewhat tortuoso-flexuous, somevhat
longitudinally striate, subfuliginous or pale dull to dark brown.
Cæspitose. Woods, amongst grass ; rare. Sept. 3® in.
1964 C fumosa Pers. (from the smoky colour ; fumtts, smoke) a b.
Cl even, usually tense and straight, somewhat compressed,
fistulose, fragile, apices rounded or acute, fuliginous or yellowish
dull umber.
Fasciculate. Pastures ; uncommon. Aug.-Sept. 4® m.
H O L O C O R Y N Æ .
1965. C. eanalieulata Fr. (from the small longitudinal channels on
the clubs; canaliculus, a small channel) a
Cl rarely somewhat branched, slightly tough, hollowq very smooth,
at length compressed or split longitudinally, white or shaded
faintest salmon. ,
Solitary, sometimes in pairs, rarely in threes. On the ground. | i m.
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