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CLAVARIA ABIETINA.
Fir-wood Clavaria.
C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn— N a t . O r d . F U N G I, Link,
Grev.
G E N E R IC C H A R A C T E R .
Plantæ carnosoe, plus minusve cylindraceæ, simplices vel ramosce. Hymenium
loeve, omnem fere superfciem occupans, cum stipite conjluens. Sporulce aU
bidce vel ochracece.
Carnose plants, more or less cylindrical, simple or branched. Hymenium
smooth, occupying almost the whole surface, and confluent with the stipes.
Sporules white or ochraceous.
s p e c i f i c c h a r a c t e r .
C l a v a r i a abietina ; obscure ochracea, ramosissima, caule brevi, basi albo-tomen-
toso, ramis confertis erectis, .strictis, teretibus, subrugosis, ramulis acutis,
furcatis, attenuatis.
Cl . d u ll ochrey-yellow, very much bran ch ed ; stipes short, covered w ith
w h ite down a t th e base ; branches crowded, erect, stra ig h t, ro u n d , s lig h tly
rugose, th e ramuli acute, forked, attenuated.
C l a v a r i a a b i e t i n a , V;rs. einer Syst. Einih. der Schwæmme in Roemer’s N. Bot.
Mag. p. 1 1 7 . (fide Pers.)—Pers. Comment, p. 46.—Eju.sd. Disp. Meth.
Fung. p. .37.—Ejusd. Syn. Fung. p. 58g.—Fjusd. Mycol. Europ. 1. p. l6 4 .
—Albert et Schwein, p. 286— Schum. Enum. Soelland, ( fd e Fries. )—
Fries, Syst. Mycol. v. i. p. 46g.—Schwein. Fung. Carol. No. 1078.— Greu.
Fl. Edin. p. 412.
H ad. On the ground in Fir-woods, or under Fir-trees. Woods at Balmuto.
Autumn.
Plant gregarious, 2 -4 inches h ig h , erect, compact, o f a d u ll ochrey-yellow
colour, which, on in ju ry , changes to a g reenish hue. Stipes solid, very
short, h a lf an inch th ic k or more, c lothed a t th e base w ith a w h itish
down. Branches few a n d th ick ish a t first, b u t soon d iv id in g and becoming
very numerous, erect, round, th e axils obtuse ; ramuli atten u ated ,
min u te ly and a cutely fo rk ed a t th e ir apex. Flesh white. Sporules
ochraceous, globose, in short, clavate, tu b u la r cells, from which th e y
escape, a n d ren d e r th e surface o f the branches p u lv e ru len t.