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late spores 3 x 4[a. However, there is one collection in his her- 

 barium from Eichler on leaves of Pinus determined as C. gracilis 

 that is the same as ours with spores 3-4 x 5.5-6.5(1.. We have re- 

 ceived from Juel (Upsala) a good specimen of C. gracilis with 

 spores oblong-oval, barely rough, 3-3.6 x 4.2-5. 5[i., rarely 6.5[a. In 

 Bresadola's herbarium we find three species determined by him as 

 C. palmata. One is C. succica, one the flaccida form of C. abietina, 

 and a third C. gracilis. Another plant from Bresadola (in N. Y. 

 Bot. Gard. Herb.), labelled C. palmata Pers. with a question 

 mark, is also C. gracilis and has spores which are distinctly yel- 

 lowish, 3.5 x 6.5[x. There are also plants of this species in the 

 Cornell Herbarium determined as C. palmata, with spores smooth 

 or minutely roughened, 3.3-4 x 5-6.6{i.. In spite of these determi- 

 nations, we think it quite unsafe to consider C. palmata a synonym 

 of C. gracilis, as one is white and grows in beech woods and the 

 other is distinctly colored and grows characteristically in conifer- 

 ous woods. These reasons are equally against considering C. 

 palmata a synonym of C. alutacca. (See note under C. cristata). 

 An authentic specimen of C. alutacea at Kew collected by Lasch 

 himself (Rabenhorst's Exsiccati, No. 1519) is certainly C. gracilis, 

 with the same block-like spores, 3.4-3.8 x 5-6.5(x. Another col- 

 lection by him in the Rehm Herbarium, Stockholm, is the same. 

 That Peck's idea of C. gracilis was the same as we have adopted 

 is indicated by several collections at Albany, although not all of 

 his were correctly determined. 



Clavaria fragrans is this species, as is shown by two collections 

 from Newfield, N. J., (Ellis) at the New York Botanical 

 Garden, which agree in all respects ; spores 3-3.7 x 5.5-6.5fi.. A bit 

 of the co-type (No. 2023) at Kew has similar appearance but we 

 could find no spores. Clavaria fragrantissima also has the same 

 appearance and spores. 



Illustrations : Burt. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 9: pi. 5, fig. 34 (as C. flavu- 

 loides) and fig. 35 (as C. fragrantissima) . 1922. 



North Carolina : Chapel Hill. No. 7069. On leaves, mostly pine, August 

 10, 1923. Odor of anise. Spores minutely warted, 3-3.5 x 5-6.5^. 

 Asheville. Beardslee, No. 18183. (U. N. C. Herb.). "Spores ochraceous 

 or deep cream, 6-7 fx long." 



