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of Patouillard's 'Tab. Anal. Fung.' No. 559, and Crist ell a 

 cristata of his 'Essai Taxon. Hyni.' /. 28. Patouillard notes 

 that Clavaria laciniata is a synonym of the species which 

 he figures. Because of the uncertainty as to whether figures 

 of Thelephora cristata by European authors represent the 

 true Merisma [Sebacina] cristatum Pers. or the echinulate- 

 spored T. fastidiosa (Pers.), I have refrained from citing any 

 illustrations except that of Persoon, of whose species I have 

 studied an authentic specimen. 



Specimens examined : 

 Exsiccati : Ellis, N. Am. Fungi, 513. 

 The specimen in Thuemen, Myc. Univ. 2009, under the name 

 Thelephora sebacea, collected in France, is Thelephora 



mollissima Pers. 

 Europe: authentic specimens of Thelephora incrustans and 



Merisma cristatum from Persoon in Kew Herb. 

 Sweden : sterile specimen determined as Thelephora cristata 



by E. Fries (in Fries Herb.) ; Stockholm, L. Romell, 54. 

 Canada : J. Macoun, 5, 10. 



Quebec : Hull, J. Macoun, 203, 313. 



Ontario: near Ottawa, J. Macoun, 40 (in Can. Geol. Surv. 



Herb. ) ; London, J. Dearness. 

 Maine: Portage, L. W. Riddle. 



New Hampshire : Shelburne, W. G. Farlow (in Farlow Herb.). 

 Vermont : Middlebury, E. A. Burt, two collections. 

 Massachusetts: Williamstown, W. G. Farlow (in Farlow 



Herb.). 

 New York: Hudson Falls, S. H. Burnham, 2 (in Mo. Bot. 



Gard. Herb., 43995). 

 Pennsylvania: Michener, 5821 (in Curtis Herb.); Trexler- 



town, W. Herbst. 

 District of Columbia : Rock Creek, C. L. Shear, 793. 

 North Carolina : Asheville, H. C. Beardslee, 03126. 

 South Carolina: Ravenel, 1619 (in Curtis Herb.). 

 Louisiana: St. Martinville, A. B. Langlois, F, 2015; the same 



locality and collector, (3022 in Lloyd Herb.) ; Baton Rouge, 



Edgerton & Humphrey, 667. 

 Ohio: A. P. Morgan (in Lloyd Herb., 2655, 2656) ; Cincinnati, 



