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Fructifications 7-12 cm. high, pallid ferruginous to ochraceous 

 ferruginous. On rotting wood. 



The original description, of which the above is a translation, 

 was based upon collections from Guiana by Roxburgh and 

 Brazil by Beyrich, with reference to the same species of a col- 

 lection from Bourbon Island by Bory, which differed from the 

 South American specimens by decumbent habit, etc. 



At the time of publication of L. furcellatum, Fries gave only 

 characters sufficient to distinguish this species from an earlier 

 species, L. tubulosum, occurring in the same region and having 

 hollow branches. In the course of time several species of 



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Fig. 14. L. furcellatum. Portion of hy- 

 menium showing basidia and a hair, a; spores, 

 s. X 870. From Colombia coll. 



South American Lachnocladium with solid stems have been recog- 

 nized, but I have so far failed to find any study upon the original 

 specimens of Clavaria furcellata Fries if these specimens still 

 exist which gives their microscopical characters and will decide 

 whether L. furcellatum as understood by Patouillard or some 

 other Lachnocladium with solid branches, is the true L. furcel- 

 latum (Fries) LeV. The collection from Santa Marta, Colom- 

 bia, by C. F. Baker, which he distributed under the name L. 

 brasiliense upon my determination, I now regard as agreeing 

 more closely with the original description of L. furcellatum than 



