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Pl.celLaph. IS.HYMENOTHECEiE. 292. Ramar. 655
L. 292. RAMARIA. Holmskiold. Ramaria.
Tliallus fleshy, cylindrical, branched, generally pipey,
below slender; sporidia scattered on the upper part of the
thallus.—None are poisonous.
1. Ramaria ceranoides. Hornlike ramaria.
TlialU in tufts; clubs toothed, or slightly branched, yel-
branches irregular, brown at the tip.
lowish ;
Clavaria nigosa, Sowerby Fungi, 235.
Clavaria ceranoides, Persoon Syn. 594.
On the ground.
2. Ramaria rugosa. Wrinkled ramaria.
Thallus rather large, whitish, thick, wrinkled, simple or
branches few, irregular.
branched ;
Clavaria rugosa, Bull. Herb. 448 ; Persoon Syn. 595.
Clavaria elegans, Bolton Fung. 115.
Clavaria corailoidcs, Sowerby Fungi, 278, centre fig. below.
On the ground under trees ; September.
3. Ramaria iuherosa. Tuberous ramaria.
Thallus yellowish, scarcely branched, tuberous at bottom.
Clavaria tuberosn, Sowerby Fungi, !99; Persoon Syn. 593.
On the bark of trees.
Tuber inserted into the bark.
4. Ramaria cormculata. Horned ramaria.
Thallus slightly branched, yellow; stem slender, long,
twice or thrice forked ; branches acute.
Fungus parvus luteus ramosiis, Rail Syn. 16, 15.
Clavaria muscoides, Lin. S. P. 1652 ; Sowerby Fungi, 157.
Clavaria cornicuJata, Persoon Syn, 589.
In woods, on dry soils.
/3. alba. Thallus white.
Clavaria coralloides, Sowerby Fungi, 278, upper figure.
5. Ramaria pratensis. Meadoiv ramaria.
Thalli in tufts, yellowish; stem, short; branches kneed,
twigs rather even-topped, blunt.
spreading ;
Fungoides coralliforme luteum foetidum et minus ratnosura, Dillen in
Rail Syn. 479.
Clavaria fasligiaia, Lin. S. P. 1652.
Clavaria muscoides, Fl. Dan. 836.
Clavaria praten-is, Persoon Syn. 590.
Among grass; autumn.