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13. C. ABiETiNA, Pers. Very much branched, ochraceous. 

 Trunk white-tomentose, rather thick ; branches crowded, when 

 dry longitudinally wrinkled ; the branchlets straight, acute. 



On the ground in woods; not rare. Two to 3 inches in height, 

 the trunk sliort, less than half an inch in thickness. The branches 

 are erect and very close together. 



d. Glowing on trunks. 



14. C. STRiCfA, Pers. Very much branched, pale yellowish, 

 brownish when rubbed, the trunk rather thick; branches and 

 branchlets straight, even, crowded and oppressed, acute. 



On old trunks; common. Two to 3 inches in height. P'ibrillose- 

 rooting at the base; the trunk very short; the branches straight, 

 erect, pressed close together. 



15. C. CRisjPULA, Fr. Very much branched, alutaceous then 

 ochraceous, the trunk slender : branches flexuous, multifid, the 

 branchlets divaricate. 



On old trunks; common. One to 2 inches in iieight. Rooting 

 at the base by long white fibrils ; the trunk very short ; the branches 

 repeatedly forked and flexuous, even to the tips. 



II. SvNCORVNE. Simple, cnsspitose at the base or fasciculate 



16. C. FUSiFORMis, vSuw. C;vspitose-connate, rather firm, 

 yellow, soon hollow; clubs somewhat fusiform, simple and dentate, 

 even, tapering to the base. 



On the ground in grassy places: rare. Club 1-2 inches long, 

 1-2 lines thick above and tapering downward to the base. Readily 

 distinguished by its yellow color, but it finally becomes brownish 

 at the apex. 



17. C. vERMicuLARis, Scop. C;i3spitose, fra.iiile, white: clubs 

 stuffed, simple, cylindric, subulate. 



On the ground in grassy ])laces ; tare. Clubs 1 j/2-3 inches in 

 height, about a line in thickness, cylindric. Larger than the fol- 

 lowing species; often flexuous or incurved. 



i.S. C. KRAGiLls, Holmsk. I-asciculate, very fragile, white 

 below, tapering downward; clubs hollow, a little obtuse, variable. 



On the ground in woods; rare. Varying much in size and 

 thickness; sometimes attaining' a height of 3 inches, but usually 

 shorter, very slender and fragile. Commonly white, but some- 

 times yellowish, especially at the apex, but always white next the 

 base. 



