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{c) Plants violet. 



Plant medium sized, fleshy; spores 

 subglobose, 5-7M 



Plant very small, slender; spores 

 globose, 2-5-3-5M 



(d) Plants clear yellow; spores subglobose, 

 6-7M 



(e) Plants pale umber, spores pip-shaped, 

 5-6 X 3-4/i 



B. Plants simple (occasionally branched in 21). 



1. Plants tufted. 



Plant white; spores subglobose, 3-5 x 3-4;^ 

 Plant grey; spores elliptical or pip-shaped, 



6-8 X 3-4/i 



Plant yellow; spores globose, 5-7^1 ... 



2. Plants solitar}' or in small groups. 



(fl) Plants white. 



Plant verj' slender, smooth; spores 



subglobose, 8-9 x 7-8/x 



Plant stout, rugose, sometimes 



branched; spores subglobose, 9-1 1 



X 8—9^ ... 



Plant small, slender; spores aculeate, 



globose, 7-8ya (without spines) 



{b) Plants drab or greyish. 



Plant with a distinct stalk, thickened 

 above; spores ovoid, 8 x 4/t 

 Plant slender, brittle, without a dis- 

 tinct stalk ; spores small, pip-shaped, 

 4-5 X 2-3M 



(c) Plants reddish or purple. 



Plant bright rose-pink 



Plant purplish-brown 



Plant dingy flesh-colour or pale 



chocolate 



(d) Plants yellow. 



Spores aculeate 



Spores smooth. 



Plant straw-coloured, becoming 

 brownish when bruised, apex 

 usually acute; spores globose, 5-7^ 

 Plant greenish-j'ellow, not be- 

 coming brownish when bruised, 

 apex usually blunt; spores lo-ii 



X 5-6/A 



Plant apricot-yellow, pale buff 

 when dry; spores ovoid, 6-7 x 3/u 

 Plant orange-yellow, darker when 

 dry; spores subglobose to oblong, 



5-6 >; 4/^ 



(e) Plants ochraceous to brownish. 



Plant very large and stout, clavate, 



dingy yellow to brown 



Plant medium sized, up to 1-25 cm. 



thick, ochraceous 



Plant very long, subulate, pale 



yellow to rust}^ growing on branches; 



spores 10-17 X 7-0/A ... 



Plant short, contorted, erumpent, on 



branches of Alder; spores 17-23 



X 8-io/u 



Plant filiform, rusty to brownish; 



spores 8-1 1 X 4-5/* ... 



13. C. amethystina 



14. C. Bizzozeriana 



15. C. corniculata 



16. C. umbrinella 



17. C. vermicularis 



18. C.fiimosa 



19. C. fusiformis 



20. C. acuta 



21. C. rtigosa 



22. C. asterospora 



23. C. tenitipes 



24. C. Crosslandii 



25. C. rosea 



26. C. purpurea 



27. C. incarnata 



28. C. inaequalis 



29. C. straminea 



30. C. argillacea 



31. C. luteo-alba 



32. C. persimilis 



33. C. pi still aris 



34. C.ligula. 



35. C. fistulosa 



36. C. contorta 



37. C.juijcea 



