[Vol. 9 



4 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



9. Pale yellow or whitish; stem short, soon branched; spores minutely un- 

 even, 10-13X3^-4} fi 18. C. secunda, 19. C. crassipes 



9. Pale (I rah with tips of branches olive-green, becoming everywhere fuscous 

 in the herbarium; spores rough, 10-12X4-4}^ 



20. C. testaceoflava var. testaceoviridis 



10. Forming spherical tufts 3-5 em. in diameter, turning green where 



bruised; in coniferous woods 21. C. abietina 



10. Fructifications cespitose from a subiculum, buff-yellow, dichoto- 



mously branched 22. C. flavula 



10. Dried stem 3 cm. long, 8 mm. in diameter, longitudinally fur- 

 rowed, now clove-brown; spores minutely rough, 9-1 OX 3^-4} /z; 

 in North Carolina M. C. leucotephra 



10. Fructification yellow, with bruises turning brown, in the herbarium 

 becoming tawny olive 1 and discolored olive-brown; spores 

 7-9X34-4 f. L ; in North Carolina 24. (\ f arobrunnescens 



11. Fructifications tough, ochraceous, tinged with vinous, with root-like 



strands of white mycelium at base; taste bitter 25. C. striata 



11. Fructifications as in C. striata but acrid to taste; spores minutely rough, 



6-7X4-4$ /i 26. C. acris 



11. Fructifications cr uny yellow when young, becoming vina<oous cinnamon 



or reddish brown when mature, not becoming green where wounded; 



not hitter; spores 8-9X3-4^ 27. C. tsugina 



11. Fructifications flesh colored, then cinnamon; branches flattened; spores 



intensely colored, echinulate, 8X6 m; in Dominica 28. C. cervicomis 



12. On pine log; spores 7A-9X4A-5 M 29. C. pinicola 



12. On ground m Cuba; spores 13-15X9-10 p 30. C. brunnco'a 



12. On ground in coniferous woods; spores less than 10 ^ long 13 



13. .Bright ochraceous, rather tough but flaccid, not turning green when 



bruised 31. C. flarcida 



13. Yellowish, stem rather tough and drying olive-buff; branches drying 



drab; spores minutely rough, conglutinate in small groups in prepara- 

 tions 1 32. C. pusilla 



13. Pallid or almost whitish, drying pinkish buff, often rising from whitish 



mycelium whose strands bind the leaf mold; spores minutely rough, 

 74-9X3-3^; in spruce woods 33. C. circinans 



13. Drying pinkish buff, dichotomously branched, with white mycelial 



strands at base; spores 6X3^ 34. C. flavuloides 



13. Pale ochraceous bull", fragrant, drying cream-buff; spores 4^-6X2^-3^ 



35. C. fragrantissima 



13. Tawny, with whitish mycelial strands, drying Saccardo's umber; spores 



rough or slightly subangular, 4-4^X2i-3^, conglutinate into small 



groups in preparations 36. C. myccliosa 



14. Fructifications white 15 



14. Fructifications whitish to tan-color 20 



11. Fructifications ochraceous or yellowish 21 



14. Fructiricat ions grayish 26 



34. Fructifications lilac to violet 27 



15. Spores globose or sub globose, less than 6 // in diameter 16 



15. Spores globose or subglobose, more than 6 /z in diameter 17 



15. Spores broadly ovoid, even or minutely rough 18 



15. Spores echinulate or tuberculate IS 



16. Fructifications 5—12 cm. high, ivory-white to creamy white, dichoto- 

 mously branched, base sometimes pink; spores even, 3-4^ /z in di- 

 ameter _ 37. C. Kunzei 



10. Fructifications 8 cm. high, dichotomously branched, white to aluta- 



ceous, some branches rose-pink 38. C. arborea 



16. Fructifications 74-12 cm. high, white or whitish, dichotomously 



branched; spores rough, 3^-4i^ in diameter or 4^X3*^ 



39. C. subcarspitosa 



L6. Fructifications 10 cm. high, white, drying cartridge-buff; stem 

 and branches fibrillose-squamulose, tough; spores even, 5-6 fi in 

 diameter; in Brazil. Belongs in Lachnoc f adium 108. C. cirrhata 



16. Fructifications 3-4 cm. high, white, soon turning brown or black; 



