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naked, pale ; l)raiiclics crowded, somewhat forked, as well as 

 the similar branchlets, — Pers. Ic. et Descr. t. 11. /. G. 



On the ground. Very rare. Wraxall, Somersetshire, 

 C. E. B. 



15. C. grisea, P.; firm; trunk thiek, dirty-white; branches 

 attenuated, rather wrinkled, ol)tuse, dingy-einereous, as well 

 as the unequal, obtuse branchlets. — Kromb. t. 53. /. 9, 10. 



Tn woods. Rare. Appin, Capt. Carmichael. Known by 

 its brownish spores, 



16. C. stricta, P. ; very much branched, pallid, brown when 

 bruised ; trunk rather thick ; branches and branchlets straight, 

 even, ad pressed, acute. (Plate 18, fig. 5.) — Soiv. t. 157. 



In gardens, springing from rotten woods. Rare. Kew, etc. 

 Mycelium forming long creeping strings. 



17. C. erispula, Fr. ; very much branched, tan-coloured, 

 then ochraceous ; trunk slender, villous, sending out roots ; 

 branches flexuous, multifid ; branchlets of the same colour, di- 

 varicate.— 5m//. /. 358. /. 1 a, b. 



At the base of trees. Rare. Woodnewton, in great quan- 

 tities, in a hollow ash. 



2. Simjjle. 

 * Clubs more or less connate at the base. 



18. C. purpurea, Mull. ; tufted, purple; clubs elongated, 

 hollow, then compressed, simple, acute. — Fl. Dan. t. SS7.f. 2. 



Amongst grass, in pastures. Tansor, Northamptonshire. 

 Coed Coch. Of a dingy purple. 



19. C. rosea, Fr. ; subfasciculate, brittle, rose-coloured ; 

 clubs stuffed, at length yelloAvish at the apex. 



In pastures. Rare. Leicestershire, Rev. C. Babinyton. 



20. C. fusiformis, Sow. ; csespitoso-connate, rather firm, 

 yellow, soon hollow ; clubs somewhat fusiform, simple and 



