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C L A V A R IA RUGOSA.
White rugose Clavaria.
Class and O r d é k CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Aîw — N a t . Ord. FUNGI, Link.
g e n e r ic c h a r a c t e r .
Plantoe carnosoe, plus minusve cylindraceæ, simplices vel ramosæ. Hyménium
læve, cmnem fe re superfciem occupans, cum stipite confiuens. Sporidia aU
hida vel ochracea.
Carnose plants, more or less cylindrical, simple or branched. Hymenium
smooth, occupying almost the whole surface, and confluent with the
stipes. Sporidia white or ochraceous.
S P E C IF IC c h a r a c t e r .
C la v a r ia ru g o s a ; simplex vel simpliciter ramosa, tenax, incrassata, i-ugosa,
albida, ramis paucis difformibus obtusis.
C. simple or simply branched, tenacious, incrassated, rugose, white, the
branches (when present) few, irregular, obtuse.
C la v a r ia r u g o s a . Bull. Champ, p . 206. t . 448. f. 2.—Pers. Comm. p . 57. t. 2.
f. 4— Syn. Fung. p . 594.—Mycol. Europ. v. 1. p . 173.—A li. et Schmein.
p . 288.—He Cand. FI. Franç. v. 2. p . 98.—Ejusd. Syn. p . 20.—FI. Dan.
1 .1301.—Fries, Obs. Mycol. 1. p. 158.—Syst. Mycol. v. 1. p. 473 Schwein.
Fung. Carol. No. 1088.—Grev. FI. Edin. p. 413.
C l a v a r ia coralloides. Sow. Fung. t. 278. lower figures.—Purt. M id i F I v. 3.
p. 269. var. 2.
C l a v a r i a e leg an s , Bolt. Fung. t. 11 5 .—With. Bot. Arr. v. 4 . p . 4 36.
C la v a r ia Damæ cornis, Schrank, FL Bav. No. 1845.f d e Persoon.
C l a v a r ia cornu alces, Batsch, Ehnch. Fung, p. 135.
Clavaria la c in ia ta , Schoeff. Fung. t. 2 9 1 .
H ad. Woods, and moist shady places ; very frequent in autumn.
Solitary, or somewhat gregarious, one to four inches high, and two lines to
above h a lf an inch thick, incrassated upwards, rugose or furrowed,
simple or divided at the summit into two or three short, irregular, obtuse
branches ; even when simple, the summit is frequently distorted
with knobs and processes of various forms. Substance rather firm and
tenacious, solid, sometimes with a slight cavity in old age. Colour white
both within and without, rarely tinged with it grey or brownish hue.
Sporidia white, ovate-globose.