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from Massachusetts (Spragiie No. 778: Curtis No. 6211) which is like 

 T. aurantia and like our plants. The spores are 8-celled, 6-7 x 18-20/i,. 

 The original description of D. chnjsospermus is as follows (adapted) : 

 ''Erect, clavate-lobed, orange; spores golden, 4-6 septate. On stumps, 

 erect, lobed above, orange, dusted with the golden spores. More 

 highly developed than D. deliquescens. New England. Sprague." 

 (Grevillea 2:20. 1873). Dacryinyces multiseptatus Beck of Europe 

 on pine seems near or the same. The spores are given as 7-10 septate, 

 20-26 X 6-7/A (see Sacc. Syl. 6:799). It is also of interest to note that 

 Bresadola has referred to D. palmata (Schw.) Bres., a European plant 

 on bark of AMes excelsa, that is represented in the New York Botani- 

 cal Garden by a good collection from him. This cannot be distin- 

 guished from our D. aurantius except that the spores average shorter 

 (5.5-6 X 13-18. 5;a, with 8 cells). Brefeld's idea of D. stillatus seems 

 much more like D. aurantius than like D. ahietinus (see notes under 

 latter species). 



3500. On pine log with bark, nortli of Meeting of the Waters, October 22, 1919. 



Photo and painting. 

 3837. On pine log with bark, sonch of athletic field, December 7, 1919. Spores 



6-7.4 X 14.8-24/i, eight-celled. 

 3917. On pine log with bark. Battle's Park, December 21, 1919. Spores 7-8 x 



17-26^, eight-celled. 

 398.5. On pine bark from fallen limbs, southeast of old graded school, Januaiy 



19, 1920. 

 4004. On dead pine limbs with bark, near outdoor stage, Battle's Park, January 



22, 1920. Spores elliptic, 6.6-7.7 x 15-23//,, some divided Avhen shed into 



eight cells. 

 4080. On pine bark, February 4, 1920. Spores bent-elliptic, 5.5-7.5 x 14.8-22;u, 



eight-celled. 

 4193. On pine bark, February 25, 1920. Spores 6.3-7.4 x 14.8-22.3^. 



3. Dacrymyces involutus Schw. 



D. corticoides E. & E. 



Plates 23, 50 and 63 



Forming compound, adherent, rather thin, convoluted patches 

 reaching a length of about 6 cm., a breadth of 2 cm. and a thickness 

 of 2-4 mm., the component parts about 3-5 mm. broad and fused 

 with adjoining ones, each attached in center by a distinct whitish, 

 tough, little root about 3-5 mm. long, which tapers downward to a 

 point and is buried in the soft wood; exposed surface of the pads 



