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18. C. flaccida Fr. Ochraceous, 2.5-4 cent, (i-i^ i n -) l n g ciavaria. 

 thin, very much branched, flaccid. Stem thin, 2 mm. (i lin.) 

 thick, very short, smooth. Branches crowded, even, unequal, 

 converging, acute. 



Allied to C. abietina, but much thinner. It is smooth in itself, but the 

 mycelium is floccose, creeping over leaves. 



Among moss in wood. Rare. 



Spores ellipsoid-sphteroid, 4-5 x 3 mk. K. Naxnejlaccidus, flaccid. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 671. Berk. Out. p. 280. C. Hbk. n. 972. 



19. C. crocea Pers. Saffron-yellow, minute, thin, stem naked, 

 pallid. Branches and branchlets similar, somewhat forked. 



According to the fig. it is wholly distinct. Spores unknown. 



On waste ground. Wraxall, Somerset. Glamis. Sept. 



Name crocus, saffron. Saffron - yellow. Pers. Ic. & descr. t. n. f. 6. 

 Berk. Out. p. 280. C. Hbk. n. 973. . Mycol. Scot. n. 931. 



Colour 'whitish, grey, violet. 



20. C. grisea Pers. Firm. Trunk 4 cent. (\y 2 in.) long, 2.5 

 cent, (i in.) thick, whitish. Branches 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, 

 attenuated, somewhat wrinkled, and as well as the unequal, 

 obtuse branchlets, fuliginous -cinereous. 



In its exceedingly variable form it is with difficulty distinguished from 

 C. cinerea, but is clearly distinct from its rufous-brown spores. 



In woods. Rare. Sept. 



Name griseus, grey. Pers. Comm. p. 44. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 672. Syst. 

 ^fyc. i. /. 468. Berk. Out. p. 281. C. Hbk. n. 974. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 932. 



21. C. condensata Fr. Tan-rufescent, tufts very dense, 7.5-10 

 cent. (3-4 in.) high, and without a common trunk, very much 

 branched from the base, smooth, unchangeable when bruised. 

 Branches tense and straight, crowded in a parallel manner, even, 

 fastigiate at the apex, twice or thrice toothed, yellow. 



Mycelium white, membranaceous, creeping among leaves. 



On the ground under trees. West Farleigh, 1874. 



Spores ellipsoid, 9 mk. K. Namecondenso, to press close together. 

 From the manner in which the branches are close together. Fr. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 672. B. & Br. n. 1587. Schceff. t. 177 (departing in its reddish colour). 



*** Growing on trunks. 



22. C. stricta Pers. Yellowish-pallid, becoming fuscous when 



