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 40 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



Ground under hemlock trees. Orono, Maine. September 



F. L. Hervey. 



"Allied to C. fastigiata and C. muscoides but distinct from 

 both by its more irregular and less branching character and by 



its larger spores." 



The type is now cinnamon-colored, irregular in form, few- 

 branched, compressed, very suggestive of C rugosa in aspect; 

 spores hyaline, even, subglobose, 8-9 u in diameter. 



It is possible that the description was based on specimens 

 of C. rugosa unaccompanied by field notes, received in dried con- 

 dition, and already having the golden color assumed by this 

 species in drying. 



59. C. cinerea Bulliard, Herb, de la France, pi. 854. i787 ; 

 Persoon, Syn. Fung. 586. 1801; Fries, Syst. Mye. 1: 468. 1821; 

 flym. Eur. 668. 1874; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6: 695. 1888: Peck, 

 N. Y. Stair Mus. Rept. 24: 81. 1872; Cotton & Wakefield, Brit. 



Myc. Soc. Trans. 6: 178. 1919. Plate 8, fig. 60. 



Illustrations: Bulliard, loc. cit. (unusual form); Dufour, Atlas 

 Champ, pi. 68. /. 149; Greville, Scot. Crypt. Fl. pi 64; Patouil- 

 lard, Tab. Anal. Fung. /. 154; Stevenson, Brit. Hym. 2: 290. text 



Fructifications branched, very variable in habit, usually 3-5 



cm. in height but sometimes more, solitary or gregarious, grayish 

 or with faint tinge of purple, rather brittle; smell none, taste 

 mild, flesh white; stem more or less distinct, thick, short; 

 branching irregular, repeated, uneven, axils usually acute; 

 branches thick or slender, cylindric or compressed, short, stuffed, 

 erect, wrinkled, apices often toothed; basidia with 2 sterigmata; 

 spores copious, hyaline, even, 7-10x6-8 u. 



On ground in woods. Edible. 



C. cinerea .has been reported so rarely in the United States 

 that the above description from Cotton and Wakefield — more 

 complete than heretofore available for this species — together with 

 the copy of the original illustration should afford needed aid 

 for critical study of specimens which seem referable here. See 

 also C. cristata. 



60. C. cinereoides Atkinson, Ann. Myc. 7: 367. 1909; Sacc. 

 Syll. Fung. 21: 431. 1912. Plate 8, fig. 61. 



Type: in Cornell Univ. Herb. 



