[Vol. 9 

 26 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



"Helvola; stipite cylindrico tenui parce diviso; ramis 1-2 fur- 

 catis, ultimis longis obtusis cylindricis patentibus. [Cuba, C. 

 Wright, 239.] 



"On banks. November. About 1 inch high." 



The fructifications are now drab, with all parts of rather uni- 

 form diameter and cylindric; spores slightly colored under the 

 microscope, even, pointed at apex as well as at base, 13-15 X 

 9-10 u. 



C. brunneola is noteworthy by its very large, pointed spores 

 and by the small, few and divaricately branched fructifications. 

 The tissue seemed rather dry and tough when moistened in 

 making a preparation ; perhaps this species should be transferred 

 to Lachnocladium when characters of the specimens in vegeta- 

 tive condition are better known. 



31. C. flaccida Fries, Syst. Myc. 1 : 471. 1821 ; Hym. Eur. 671. 

 1874; Ioones Hym. 2: 99. pi. 199, /. 4. 1884; Peck, N. Y. State 

 Mus. Rept. 32: 36. 1879; Cotton & Wakefield, Brit. Myc. Soc. 

 Trans. 6: 175. 1919. Plate 4, figs. 25, 26. 



Illustrations: Fries, loc. cit. 



Type: authentic specimen from Fries in Curtis Herb. 



Fructifications branched, small, 3-4 cm. high, gregarious, 

 rather tough but flaccid, bright ochraceous in color, tips paler, 

 base whitish, does not turn green on bruising; smell and taste 

 slight, pleasant; main stem very short, white, with white floccose 

 mycelium ; branches very crowded, repeatedly forked, erect, upper 

 axils rounded, the pointed terminal branches usually curving in- 

 wards towards each other, solid; flesh white; basidia with 4 

 sterigmata; spores not copious, ochraceous, very finely punctate, 

 pip-shaped, 6-8X3-5 u (average 6-7x3 u), sometimes with a 

 hyaline basal tip. 



Among moss and loaves in coniferous woods. 



Cotton and Wakefield add further: "Somewhat resembling C. 

 abietina, but the whole fungus is more flaccid and does not turn 

 green when bruised. Stem sometimes up to 1.75 cm. long, at 



others almost obsolete. Mycelium whitish, creeping over leaves, 



etc. 



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The specimen from Fries in Curtis Herb., fig. 26, now between 

 fuscous and mouse-gray, is composed of many closely arranged 

 branches; spores copious, distinctly colored, distinctly rough, 6x 

 3 u, glued together in small groups to a notable degree in the 

 preparation. 





