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MISSOURI 



Soc. Nat. Hist. Jour. 11: 88. pi. 2. f. 1. 1888. Plate 7, fig. 49. 



Illustrations: Morgan, loc. cit. 



Type: in Herb. Schweinitz — no duplicate in Curtis Herb. 



"In ligno putrido dejecto Bethlehem. 



"C. lignatilis, jam e basi divisa, ramosissima; ramis primord- 

 ialibus divergentibus demum complanatim aut angulatim com- 

 pressis, apicibus adhuc divergentioribus truncato-obtusis, in ipsa 

 truncatura coronatis processubus minutis circumcirca Cladoniae 

 more. Substantia subtenaci. Ramis omnibus madido statu 

 quasi subdiaphanis et subviscosis, substriatis; exsiccata autem 



non cornea fit. Mediocri magnitudine. Colore pallido-cervino." 



Fructification of medium size, divided immediately from the 

 base and very much branched; the primary branches divergent, 

 then compressed in a plane or angularly; the final branchlets 

 truncate at the apex and there encircled with a crown of minute 

 processes in the manner of a Cladonia; all branches somewhat 

 striate, somewhat diaphanous and somewhat viscous when moist 

 but not horn-like when dry; substance somewhat tough. The 

 original specimen is now between light, pinkish cinnamon and 

 pinkish cinnamon, somewhat longitudinally wrinkled; the few 

 spores present are hyaline, even, 3-6x2-3 u, usually 4x2i/>-3 p. 



Careful examination failed to show cup-shaped apices of the 

 branches, by the absence of which this species is distinguishable 

 from C. ]>yxidata. Morgan reported this species common on 

 rotten wood in Ohio, repeatedly dichotomously or verticillately 

 branched and forming clusters sometimes several inches in height 

 and extent; his figure agrees closely with my photograph of the 

 tvne and shows the details better. 



C. pinophila Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Kept. 35: 136. 1884; 



Sacc. Syll 



N. Y. State Mus. Herb 



7, fig 



"Stems short, more or less tufted, much branched; branches 

 crowded, often compressed above and subdigitately divided, 

 pale-ochraceous, ultimate ramuli rather long, subulate, white; 

 spores oblong or sublanceolate, .0004' - .0005' long, .00010' 



broad. 



under pine trees. East Berne. Au 

 e about one inch high. The spores 



__. The spores appear white 



hen caught on brown paper." 

 The fructifications now have the hymenial portion between 



