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BURT — THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF CLAVARIA 69 



Craterellus pfstillaris Fr. — See Burt, Mo. Bot. Gard. Ann. 1 : 

 341. pi. 16,17, /. 13, 14. 1914. 



Clavaria truncata Lovejoy, Bot. Gaz. 50: 385. 1910. 



"Pileate tops bright red, shading into reddish orange at top 

 of stipe to dull flesh color at its base: ends truncate, convex to 

 plane to somewhat concave, 0.5-3 cm. broad, smooth: whole 

 plant to within a few centimeters of base of stipe covered with a 

 white bloom, persisting in dried specimens: flesh creamy, spongy: 



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tudinally grooved to base, 3-10 cm 



"Habitat: Humus soil under balsam and spruce trees; gregari- 

 ous and cespitose, 4-6 in a group; Foxpark, alt. 2900 meters, 



August 8, 1909, no. 66. 



"A plant similar to this is described by Fries as Craterellus 

 pistillaris and by others as possibly a variety of Clavaria pistil- 

 laris, but in a collection of twenty specimens found in entirely 

 different localities not one out of the number was found to have 



the form of tvnical Cla 



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I have not seen authentic specimens of C. truncata but its des- 

 cription, quoted above, shows that C. truncata is a synonym of 

 Craterellus pistillaris and extends the American range of the 

 latter to the Rocky Mountain region. 



103. Pistillaria Typhuloides (Peck) Burt, n. comb. 



Plate 11, fig. 108. 

 Clavaria Typhuloides Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Rept. 30:49. pi. 2. 

 f. 12-14. 1878; Sacc. Syll. Fung. 6: 731. 1888. 

 Type: in N. Y. State Mus. Herb. 



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Very small, about two lines high, rather tough, scattered or 

 gregarious, clavate, white, the stem slightly pruinose, gradually 

 swelling into the obtuse glabrous subcompressed solid club; 

 spores oblong-elliptical, .0002'-.0003' long, with an oblique point 

 at the base. 



"Dead stems of Epilobium angustifolium. Adirondack. August. 



"This! belongs to the section Holocoryne, and is apparently 

 allied to C. uncialis, but its much smaller size and usually com- 

 pressed club will serve to distinguish it. When dry the white 

 color is well retained and the hymenium has a subpellucid ap- 

 pearance and is of a firmer texture than the center of the club." 



The dried fructifications are now clavate, with the hymenial 

 region cream-buff and the stem whitish; basidia simple but I 

 cannot decide from reexamination of my preparation in glycerine 



