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C LAVA RIA FRAGILIS.
B r ittle Clavaria.
C lass a n d O r d d r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, ¿ ¿ « « . - N a t . O d d . FU N G I, Juss. & c .
G E N E R IC C H A R A C T E R .
Planta; carnosa;, plus minusve cylindraceoe, simplices vel ramosæ. Hymenium
læve, omnem fe r e superjiciem occupons, a m stipite confltiens. Sporuloe al-
bidoe vel ochraceoe.
Carnose plants, more or less cylindrical, simple or branched. Hymenium
smooth, occupying almost the whole surface, and confluent with the stem,
oporules white or ochraceous.
s p e c i f i c c h a r a c t e r .
Clavaria fra g ilis ; simplex, aurea vel alba, gregaria, plerumque solida, valde
Jragihs, jkxuosa, basin versus attenuata, oetale subrugosa.
Cl. simple, deep yellow or white, gregarious, mostly solid, very fra-ile
flexuose, attenuated towards the base, and in age subrugose. “ '
C la v a r i a fragilis, Holmsh. v. 1 . p. 7. with a f g — Pers. Comm. p . 77. -
Schim. Soelland. p. 4 0 4 .-F r ie s, Syst. Mycol. v. 1. p. 4 8 4 .-G im Fl. Fdin.
ined.
C la v a r i a eburnea, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 603. e t Mycol. Furop. v. 1 . p 183 —
Alb. et Schw. p. 2 9 1— Dc Cand. Fl. Franç. ed. S. v. 2 . p. Ql— Eiusd
Syn. p. 20. ; ^ J •
Nat.
C l a v a r i a cylindrica. Bull. Champ, p. 2 1 2 . t. 46S. f l .— Pers. Comm. p. 76
- -h r a ifs Nat. Arr. v. 1 . p. 656.
C la v a r i a pistilliforma, Pers. Mycol. Furop. v. 1 . p. 183. {excl. syn. Sow. t, go.)
C la v a r i a solida, Pers. Comm. p. 78.
C l a v a r i a vermiculata, Pers. Mycol. Furop. v. 1 . p 184.
C l a v a r i a polymorpha rufa.? Fl. Han. t. 7 75. £ i.
C l a v a r i a minima nivea.? Micheli, Nov. Cen. PI. p. 208. t, 87. f. 6.
C l a v a r i a lutea, minima, Mich. he. cit. p. 208. t. 87. f. 5 .
C l a v a r i a vermiculata, non fistulosa candida, Mich. he. cit. p. 209. t. 87. f 1 2 .
H a r . On the ground in moist places, especially woods, almost always on the
bare sod. Autumn. Foxhall and Newliston Woods, Captain Wauch.
Balmuto; Slateford;—all near Fdinburgh— Nork Park, Lady A rden.
Wiiole plant 1 to 2 inches in height, gregarious, scattered or growing in
small tufts of three or four together, simple, attenuated towards the base
cylindncal or subcompressed, subequal, and generally about one to two
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