. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes ; a descriptive catalogue of the drawings and specimens in the Department of botany, British museum. e at edges, lamince large, loose. XCII. CLAVARIA L.(From the club-like shape of some typical species j c/ava, a club.) Fleshy, erect, branched or simple, branches somewhat round,with or without a distinct stem. Hymeiiium continuous, dry, even,homogeneous. Basidia coloured or the most part terrestrial. () Species 1927—1975 Ramari^e. Branched, branches at-tenuate upwards. a. Leucosporce. Spores white or nearly whi
. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes ; a descriptive catalogue of the drawings and specimens in the Department of botany, British museum. e at edges, lamince large, loose. XCII. CLAVARIA L.(From the club-like shape of some typical species j c/ava, a club.) Fleshy, erect, branched or simple, branches somewhat round,with or without a distinct stem. Hymeiiium continuous, dry, even,homogeneous. Basidia coloured or the most part terrestrial. () Species 1927—1975 Ramari^e. Branched, branches at-tenuate upwards. a. Leucosporce. Spores white or nearly , yellow or violet. 1927—1933White or grey. 1934—1942 b. Ochrosporce. Spores pale yellow, ochreous or , pinkish-yellow or dullochreous. 1943—1949 Whitish, grey or violet. 1950, 1951Growing on wood. 1952, 1953Syncoryn^e. Clubs almost simple,tufted at the 1954—1956 Yellowish or white. 1957—1963Smoky or blackish. 1964 Holocoryn^e. Clubs entire or simple or nearly so, distinct at the base. Whitish. 1965—1967 Yellow or pallid, becoming darker. 1968—1973 Brownish or flesh-colour. 1974, 1975. Fig. 107.—a, Clavaria coralloidcs L. ;b, C. vermicularis Fr.; c, C. JistirfosaHolmsk., one-third natural size. D, L., basidium and spores, X 330. 430 CLAVARIACE/E Clavaria There are analogous species in both sections of Ramarice. whichresemble each other in form and colour, but the Leucosporce, aresomewhat brittle-soft and several of the species are considerededible, whilst the Ochrosporce are spongy-tough and mostly bitterand unfit for food. The spore-colour, the taste and the substance,whether soft or tough, are salient characters. Leucosporce. 1927. C. flava SchaefT. (from the frequent light yellow colour;flavus, light yellow) a c. Very much branched: branches cylindrical, vertical, even, obtuse, yellow. Trunk thick, fleshy, white. Edible. Woods, pine. 6^ x 5§ in. Fragile. Must not be confoundedwith 1943. 1928. C.
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