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restrict their species. This earlier collection was distributed 
by C. Wright, unnumbered, under the name Thelephora dentosa 
B. & C. before the publication of the description of this species, 
and the cotype in Curtis Herb. is unnumbered also. By what 
was apparently a slip of the pen, Berkeley cited this type as 
C. Wright, 507. By the kindness of Dr. Farlow I have been 
permitted to examine the manuscript records which show that 
Wright collected only one No. 507, which was determined by 
Berkeley as Xylaria obovata Berk. and is cited under this species 
by Berk. & Curtis, Jour. Linn. бос. Bot. 10: 380. 1867. I 
find in Curtis Herb. such a specimen labelled Xylaria obovata 
Berk., Cuba, C. Wright, 507. I conclude that the type and 
собуре of T. dentosa B. & C., first cited in their description, 
are from the collection distributed by C. Wright, unnumbered, 
under the name Thelephora dentosa В. & С. 
Specimens examined: 
Exsiccati: Plantae Cubenses Wrightianae, unnumbered, under 
the name Thelephora dentosa B. & C. 
Cuba: C. Wright, cotype (in Curtis Herb.). 
23. T. spiculosa Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 434. 1821; Epicr. Syst. 
Мус. 539. 1836-38. Plate 4. fig. 2. 
Illustrations: Persoon, Syn. Fung. pl. 3. f. 16. 
Type: an authentic specimen from Fries, in Kew Herb. 
Fructifications cespitose, from byssoid becoming fleshy, vari- 
able by incrusting habit, pale buff at first, main portions 
becoming purplish-fuscous (Rood's brown) with age, ramose- 
spiculous, tips penicillate and whitish; spores umbrinous under 
the microscope, irregular, echinulate, 8-9 x 6-7 y. 
Clusters 1-2 cm. high, 2-4 cm. in diameter, single fructifica- 
tion 1-2 cm. high, about 1 mm. in diameter, with branches 
spreading 4-6 mm. 
On leaves on ground in moist groves. Ohio to Wisconsin. 
July. Rare. 
The best specimens which I have seen have main trunks of 
the fructifications running side by side over partially decayed 
beech leaves and confluent into an effused mass. "These trunks 
ascend obliquely from the leaves to a height of 1-2 ст., branch 
sparingly, and terminate in spiculous tips. Тһе fructification 
