The Mycologic Flora of the Miami Valley, Ohio. 87 



1. C. FLAVA, Schaeff. Fragile. Trunk thick, fleshy, white, 

 Very much braiu:hed: the branches terete, even, fastigiate. obtuse, 

 yellow. 



On the ground in woods; rare. Three to 4 inches high, with the 

 trunk an ini h in thi< kness. Spores pale or with a yellowish tint. 



2. C. liOrKvrts. Pers. Fragile. Trunk very thick, unequal, 

 very much branched; the branches lurgid, unequal, somewhat 

 wrinkled, the apices red. 



In beech woods; rare. Three inches or more in height, the 

 trunk 1-2 inches in thickness. Color variable white, yellow and 

 flesh-color. 



3. C. MUScoiDES, Linn. A little tough, somewhat delicate, 

 yellow, two or three times forked: the stipe slender; the branch- 

 lets crescent-shaped, acute. 



In grassy woods; rare. One and one-half to 2 inches in height, 

 the slender stems scarcely an eighth of an inch in thickness. A 

 very pretty and delicate species. 



4. C. CKi.sTAiA, Pers. Tough, even, stuffed, white, the 

 branches dilated upward, acutely incised, crested. 



In woods growing on the ground among the old leaves; not 

 uncommon. One to 2 inches in height. This is said to be an 

 exceedingly variable species ; our plant has the trunk white and 

 the branches cinereous, but it is plainly this sj^ecies. 



5. C. KidOSA, Bull. Tough, simple or sparingly branched, 

 thi<:kened upward, wrinkled, white; the branches deformed, obtuse. 



In damp jjlaces in woods; rare. One to 2 inches in height; 

 very variable in shape, sometimes simple and clavate, sometimes 

 divided into 2-4 varif)usly uneiiual branches. C. fuliginea., Pers. 

 is a sooty variety of this species. 



(). (,". KiKNZEi, Im". Somewhat fragile, c;T_'spitose from a slender 

 bnse, very much branched, pure white ; the branches elongated, 

 crowded, repeatedly forked, fastigiate, even, equal, com])ressed at 

 the axils. 



On the groun<l in wonds; couinion. One and one half to 2 

 inches in height. .\ beautiful species, growing in clusters, shining 

 whue. 



7. (.'. stnnii.is, Pers. Scattered, delicate, rather tough, whitish; 

 the base glabrous, of equal thickness throughout; the branches 

 few, forked, somewhat f.istigiate. 



On the ground in woods; rare. One and o;.e half to 2 inches 

 in height. Simple or with a few branches 



