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disguises. One photograph is of the cespitose form on old wood, ])ut 

 it should be noted that it is often solitary or gregarious. 



Collyhia subdryophila was described by Dr. Atkinson from plants 

 sent him from Chapel Hill by us. It seems to me to be one of the 

 numerous forms of this variable species. His description is as follows 

 (Ann. Myc. 7: 367. 1909): 



"Plants dry, 5-9 cm. high, pileus 2-3 cm. broad, stem 5 mm., 

 stout. Pileus smooth, purplish or pinkish-brown. Gills white, ad- 

 nexed. Spores oval to subglobose, granular, then usually with a small 

 oil drop, 3-4 [jl, in diameter, rarely 5 [x, long. Stem cartilaginous, 

 tough, hollow, equal. Belongs to Levipedes section, resembles some- 

 what C. dryophila, but differs especially in the spores. C. U. herb.. 

 No. 22634, mixed woods on hillside by Fern Walk near Sparrow's 

 Pond, Chapel Hill, N. C, W. C. Coker, October 2, 1908." 



For good illustrations see Mycologia 3: 101, pi. 40, fig. 8, 1911, and 

 4: 164, pi. 68, fig. 3. 1912. 



80. On side of hill east of Tenney's, October 23, 1911. 



1012. Among leaves in woods in Battle's Park, October 28, 1912. Spores cream 

 color, 3.3-3.8 X 5-7.5^. 



1745. On trunk of red maple among growth of Porella, at foot of Lone Pine Hill , 

 September 12, 1915. A depauperate form. Spores about 3.7 X "n. 



2493. Gregarious to subcespitose in humus, grove at "The Rocks," May 9, 1917. 

 Photo. Intermediate in character between C. butyracea and C. dryophila . 

 Spores white at first, 3-3.3 X 5. 5-6. 7m, exactly like those of C. buty- 

 racea No. 1902. 



3049. Dense deciduous and also pine and deciduous woods, foot of Lone Pine 

 Hill, May 18, 1918. Spores ovate-elliptic, white, smooth, 2.8-3.9 X 

 5.2-6.5M. 



3066. Strowd's lowground woods, on decaying stump. May 22, 1918. 



3310. On a black gum log, June 7, 1919. One plant has on it a specimen of the 

 growth called by Peck Tremella mycocephala. Painting. 



3542. Mixed woods, Battle's Park, October 28, 1919. Cap very pale buff, cen- 

 ter slightly darker. Gills and top of stem pale yellow, darker buff be- 

 low. 



Blowing Rock. Atkinson. 



Asheville, " In scattered colonies on old leaf mould and old wood. Often 



in dense clusters." Beardslee. 

 Middle district, in woods. Curtis. 



3a, CoUybia dryophila Bull. A form. 



We have a small, squat form of bare soil in shade that would 

 hardly at first sight be referred to this species. It is single or cespitose; 



