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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 short, less than half an inch in thickness. The branches 

 are erect and very close together. 



d. Growing on ti- links. 



14. C. STRICTA, 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. Fibrillose- 

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

 erect, pressed close together. 



15. C. CRisPULA, 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 height. Rooting 

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

 repeatedly forked and flexuous, even to the tips. 



II. Syncoryne. Simple, cfespitose at the base or fasciculate. 



16. C. FUSiFORMis, Sow. Ca;spitose-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. Csespitose, fragile, white; clubs 

 stuffed, simple, cylindric, subulate. 



On the ground in grassy places; rare. Clubs 1^-3 inches in 

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

 lowing species; often flexuous or incurved. 



18. C. FRAGiLis, Holmsk. Fasciculate, 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. 



