[Vol. 9 



6 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



even, 7-10X6-8 p 59. C. cinerea 



26. Fructifications 7 em. high; basidia with 4 sterigmata; spores 



even, r>-6 ^ in diameter 60. C. cinercoidcs 



27. Fructifications lilac, becoming yellowish in drying, 3-4 cm. high; spores 



even, 5-7 p in diameter 1 61. C. amethystina 



27. Fructifications pale lilac, becoming tawny olive in drying, 2-4 cm. high; 



spores even, (>-7X5-6 M _ 62. C. amethyst inoides 



27. Fructifications 1-4 cm. high, lavender, drying pinkish buff; spores 



3X2 M _ 63m c ex i gua 



$11. SYNCORYNE. Species somewhat simple, cespitose at the 

 base or fasciculate. 



28. Fructifications bright yellow 29 



28. Fructifications dingy greenish yellow or cinereous; spores asperate, 



4JX3 M 68. C. Macouni 



28. Fructifications drying drab; hair-like cystidia in the hymenium ; 



in Porto Bico 69. C. pilosa 



28. Fructifications pale buff, rugulose; spores even, 10-10^X4^ 



7# t q^ pallcsccns 



28. Fructifications clay color, blackening in drying; spores even, 



r>-7X3-3* M 7i, c. nebulosa 



28. Fructifications lilac pink, somewhat branched; spores even, 6X3^ 



yg t c. lavendula 



28. Pructifications white; sj.ores even, 3-5X3-4^ 73. C. vcrmicularis 



29. Fructifications hollow, golden yellow verging to cinnabar at first, now 



between cinnamon-drab and Rood's brown in the herbarium; spores 



hyaline, even, globose, 5-<> M in diameter 64. C. aurantio-cinnabarina 



29. Fructifications often becoming hollow, clear canary-yellow, odorless when 



fresh, taste bitter; spores at first yellow, then colorless, even, globose, 

 5-7/x in diameter 65. C. fusiformis 



29. Fructifications probably solid 



lid, compressed, yellow-alutaceous, now T honey- 

 i, 5-8 cm. long, tips obtuse; spores hyaline, 



yellow in the herbarium 



even, globose, 5-6 M in diameter 1„~ L..1.66. &. comprcssa 



29. Fructifications solid, compressed, canary-yellow at first, now yellow ocher, 



tips obtuse; spores hyaline, even, globose, 5-6^ in diameter 



£7 # q pi at yd ada 



$11 1. IIOLOCORVXE. Species with clubs simple, distinct at the 

 base, solitary or gregarious. 



30. Pructifications white 31 



30. Pructifications cinereous or mouse-colored 80. C. sphacrospora 



30. Fructifications pale rufous 81. C. pipes 



30. Fructifications yellow 34 



30. Fructifications ochraceous to umber 38 



31. Fructifications very small, usually less than 1 cm. high; on mosses, wood 



and stems of herbs 32 



31. Fructifications more than 1 cm. high; growing on the ground 33 



32. Fructifications 6 mm. high and pallid or white when growing, 

 now 2 mm. long and pale pinkish-buff in the herbarium; spores 

 hyaline, subglobose, 3-3iX3 M ; on moss 74. C. tenuis 



32. Fructifications up to 6 mm. high when growing, white, now pinkish 

 huff in the herbarium; spores hyaline, even, 5-7X3-3*^; on 

 moss in Cuba 75, c. misclla 



32. Fructifications 1-2 cm. high, white or yellowish; on wood 



7£ q mucida 



32. Fructifications 4 mm. high, white, not fleshy, difficult to crush 



under cover glass; on stems of Epilobium. A Pistillaria 



103. C. Typhuloides 



33. Dull white to sordid yellow, becoming cinnamon brown in the herbarium; 



spores even, 3-4X2^-3^ 77. C. biformis 



33. White, yellowish when dry, now russet in the herbarium; spores even, 



