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2. T. anthocephala Bull. ex Fries, Syst. Мус. т: 433. 1821. 
Plate 4. fig. 1. 
Clavaria anthocephala Bull. Herb. dela France 2: 197. pl. 452. 
f.1. 17989. 
Illustrations: Bulliard, Ibid. pl. 452. f.1.-Sowerby, Col. 
Figs. Eng. Fun. pl. 156.-Berkeley, Outlines Brit. Fung. рі. 
17. f. 4.-Dufour, Atlas des Champ. pl. 70. 
Fructification coriaceous-soft, somewhat ferruginous, drying 
fawn-color or cinnamon-brown, inodorous; pileus pubescent, 
divided to the stem into flaps which are dilated upwards and 
fimbriate and whitish at the apex or divided into irregular, 
branched, erect branches; stem simple, equal, villose; hymenium 
even; spores pale umbrinous under the microscope, ranging from 
angular-tuberculate to tuberculate-echinulate, 8-10 x 7-8y. 
Fructifications 3-5 cm. high, 1-3 em. broad; stem 1-13 cm. 
long, 1-2 mm. thick. 
On the ground in woods. Massachusetts and Ohio to Louisi- 
ana. June to August. Rare. 
Our specimens of Т. anthocephala and Т. palmata have the 
same habit but may be separated, even when dried, by the fine 
pubescence of the pileus visible with a lens, and by the villose- 
tomentose stem of the former. The spores of T. anthocephala 
are further slightly paler and have shorter spines with broader 
bases than those of Т. palmata. 
Specimens examined: 
Austria: G. Bresadola. 
Massachusetts: Newton, W. (7. Farlow (in Farlow Herb.). 
New York: Van Cortlandt Park, N. Y. City, L. O. Overholts 
(in Overholts Herb., 688). 
Pennsylvania: Kitanning, D. R. Sumstine, 10; Bethlehem, 
Schweinitz (in Herb. Schw.), the 614 of Syn. N. A. Fungi 
under the name T. flabellaris. 
North Carolina: Asheville, H. C. Beardslee, 0268. 
Louisiana: St. Martinville, A. B. Langlois, unnumbered specimen, 
and 1971, and by the same collector (in Lloyd Herb., 3000). 
Ohio: Norwood and Linwood, C. G. Lloyd, 1272 and 02164 re- 
spectively. 
Kentucky: C. 6. Lloyd, 1396. 
