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1909. C. eatilla W. G. Sm. (from its shape, like a small bowl, 



catillus) a. 

 Submembranous, expanded ; marg. crisped, undulate. Hym. 



veined, pale grey or faint claret-brown. 

 Often imbricate. Moss and dead leaves. Nov. § in. Closely allied to 1908. 



1909a. C. griseopallida Weinm. (from the pallid grey colour ; 



griseus, grey) a. 



Somewhat membranous, globose, then campanulate, sessile, 



floccose externally. Hym. even, smooth. 



Elm, elder, honeysuckle, lime, pine. Dec. ^ in. A supposed variety of 

 this, found on dead Carex panicidata and described by Berkeley, is 1916. 



1910. C. fulva Berk. & Rav. (from the tawny colour ; fulvus, tawny) 



a b c. 

 Membranous, cup-shaped, deflexed, externally hispid-tomentose, 



rich tawny-brown. 

 Dead bark, alder, elm. Jan. ^ in. 



1911. C. brunnea Phill. (from the brown colour ; brunneus, brown) a b. 

 Subgelatinous, sessile, cupulate, grey-white-pruinate at the 



incurved lacerate marg., dull brown or somewhat vinous umber, 

 mouth oblique, base very dark. Hym. smooth, discoloured 

 brown. 

 Wood and bark, old elder trees. ^ in. 



1912. C. stuppea B. & Br. (from the coarsely hispid coat, as if clad 



with tow ; stuppeus, made of tow) a. 

 Erumpent, sessile, cupulate, brownish, becoming white. Hym. 



fuscous. 

 Broom. Mar. ^ in. 



1913. C. alboviolaseens Karst. (from the pallid violet hymenium; 



a/bus, white) a b c. 



Cupulate, sessile or nearly so, densely villous, white. Hym. 



even, pallid, tinged with violet. 



Gregarious, often proliferous. Wood, bark, twigs, burdock, nettle, thistle, 

 holly, broom, lilac, sloe, oak, rose, poplar, ferns, chips. Oct. -June. 



& in - 



1914. C. villosa Karst. (from the villose coating) a b c. 



Sessile, spherical with a contracted mouth, whitish. 



Stems, leaves, branches, potato, vine, elder, burdock, sow-thistle, butter-bur, 

 dog-wood, fennel, strawberry, Latkyrus pratensis^Chenopodium. Oct. -June, 

 g'j-^j in. This and 1913 are much alike, both very white-villous externally, 

 with hymenium often wholly hidden. Distinguished by the colour of the 

 hymenium. 



1915. C. doehmiospora B. & Br. (from the oblique spores; Gr. 



dochmos, oblique). 

 Minute, cupulate, villous, mouth subconnivent, white. 

 Twigs, stems of herbacious plants, etc. Oct. -fe—£s in. 



