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In woods. Common in some districts. 



8. C. cristata, Hnlnisk. ; tough, even, stuffed, white or 

 dingy; branches dilated above, acutely incised, crested. — 

 Grev. t. 190. 



In woods. Not uncommon. 



9. C. rugosa, Bull.; tough, simple or branched, thickened 

 above, wrinkled, white or dingy; branches few, irregular, ob- 

 tuse. (Plate 18, fig. Z.)—Grev. t. 328. 



In woods. Common. The dingy form requires to be care- 

 fully distinguished from C. chierea. 



10. C. Kunzei, Fr. ; rather brittle, very much branched 

 from the slender tufted base, white ; branches elongated, 

 crowded, repeatedly forked, somewhat fastigiate, even, equal ; 

 axils compressed. — Bull. t. 358. /. 1 C. 



In woods. Very rare. Sherwood Forest. 



** Spores yellowish or coloured. 



11. C. aurea, Schcbff. ; trunk thick, elastic, pallid, divided 

 into numerous stout, straight, dichotomous, round, obtuse, 

 rather toothed, yellow branches. — Schaff. t. 287. 



In woods. Rare. Bristol, Dr. Stephens. 



12. C. abietina, Schum. ; very much branched, ochraceous ; 

 trunk rather thick, clothed with white down; branches straight, 

 crowded when dry, longitudinally wrinkled; branchlets straight. 

 —Grev. t.U7. 



In fir-woods. Common. Sometimes turning green when 

 bruised. 



13. C. flaccida, Fr. ; slender, very much branched, flaccid, 

 ochraceous ; trunk slender, smooth ; branchlets crowded, un- 

 equal, converging, acute. 



Amongst moss, in woods. Not common, King's Cliffe. 



14. C. croeea, P.; minute, slender, saffron-yellow ; trunk 



