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'riiiil'irii'iiiii pal //(iniiniin. T. pnrpiirdscvus, Jtiinnnrnliis (' iinilidhii l<i, 

 Ji. tihortiviix. /i. xfch'i'ltiix, li. scpfriifrJaiinl Ix. /('. in(H'i<inlliiis. /j'. 

 ncrlx. ^lfjin'/cf//it C'liinifc/isf'.H. DilpJiiiiinin vUittnn. (icrdnnnn nnii ii- 

 hitiini. (i. Jiicliiinlsoiii. liopthin thictoi'/n. Tlicniiopslx nioiihiiKi. 



Liiplinis purr iff orits. L pcrcniiis, TfiJ'oliiint hiiK/lpcs. T. /'i/ro/ii- 

 vrdtmii. T. iiitntdiitliiini. J^sni'dlcd ffoi'Uiuidfd. As(rit(idhis riiri/o- 

 vnrpiis. A. CdiKdIcnsis. .1. iindHjliniix. A. (hriiinht'iis. A. jiinccns. 

 A. tri/)/ii///iis, Oxyti'Dpls Ldiiihfiil. Jjdiliyriis jtol i/nmrjilins. L. 

 rc/iosiis. J'/'sii/ii x(>*irtiin. I'/uiscohts prrc/iii/'s. J', hch'oliis. AiDjtlii- 

 vdi'piVit iiinid)l('d, J)vxindiillnis hi-itdi ijldhiix. Aii'('ldnchl<'r dliiljhild. 

 (J'J II of lie 1(1 /tic II II IK. (E. siiiiidfii, (K. dihicdiilis. 



'I'lic Inriii oil Clciiidtin is I'cl'crrcd l»_v iiiitliors to E. tiniilis. 

 (WiiUr.). or ;is oltcii wi'ittcii. E. forf/h's. Jiiiik. If scciiis :\ niistiikc to 

 scpiinitc it IVoiii tlif otlicr foniis occiirriiii;' on lidiiiun-iiliti'cd'. some 

 ol' wliicli liiivc ('(|iiiiily ioiiii' ii|i|i('ii(iim('s: csjicciiilly as m\ (Jlcindtis. 

 tlicsc iirc riiiliiint and more or less iiitiTwovcn witli ihc inyrciiiini. as 

 is nsiiai in E. coiiiiiniiiix, while in Kiiro|i('an s|i('('ini('iis of E. tortilis 

 im Coniiis (I{al)li. V\\u'/\ I'lnrop. No. 'JC'J.'). .1. Kini/.c. Fiin<:i Sclccti 

 Exsiec. No. .")77. <'tc.l. till' a|)|)('iiilaiit's arc rasciciilatc and assiirj!('iit. 

 (Sec also 'i'lilasiic, Scl. Ktinu'. Carp. I. pp. 2l;)-21(i). 



'i'lic foinis on Ln/iiiiiiiiosd'. etc.. arc ol'lcn rcl'orrf'd to E. Mniiii, 

 Lev. Dc IJary (.Morpli. mid IMiys. dcr Pil/.c, III. p. 40) and 'i^ilasnc 

 (I. ('. |). ill")) aiii'cc in coiisidcriiiii' tliis a synonyiii ol' E. ronniiniiis. 

 Winter, liowevcr, (Die JMl/.c. II, ]». ;}1) retains E. Murtii and rciei's 

 to it all I'oi'iiis liaviii^' liyaline a)i])ciidaiies : hut lio says that he cannot 

 decide wlictlier this character is always constant and siillicient lor their 

 separation, ("arel'iil exaiiiiiiation and comparison of tli<' hi'i'liariiiiii 

 spci'iiiiciis specially nieiitioned liy Winter, show that this cliai'act<'r is 

 not coiislant. lor some of those iziven liy him under E. Afdilii have 

 distinctly colored appeiidau'cs. while in some of those <riven under 

 E. voinnniiii.s they are very sliuhtly, if at all, colored. In fact the 

 coloriiiii' of the apjM'iidaii'cs seems to depend to a coiisideralile extent 

 on tlu; aii'c and vi^'or ol' the specimen, lieiiiu' liuht ( olorcil or hyaline in 

 the yoiiiiu'. and oflen quite dark in I'ully nialureil, viu'orons specinieiis. 

 A portion, at least, of the ajtpendaues ol'ten remains hyaline ol' those 

 on Le(/iiiiii)iofid\ while in the case ol' those on Rdiiiinriihivt'a'. they 

 are usually all (piite dark. 



K. toitilis, (Wallr.) 



A!pliilniiioif>ha /iii/i7i.\ Wallr. Vcrhandl N.Tt. I'^reuiulc, I, p. 31. 

 /ii Vii/v lin litis, Link. Sp. Plant. VI, p.irt I, p. 3. 

 Juy.siplic Ciinii. Diiby lUitan. (lall. II, p. 870. 

 I\i yiiplh'. tortilis. I"ries Sy.-;t. Myc. Ill, p. 2.),^. 



nyi)Oi)hyllous. ^rycelium arachnoid. elVuse. evanescent. Peri- 

 thcciii scattered, 80-100/^; ajipendagcs not numerous, about 8-1'), 

 dark colored. Ilexuous. very lonu', 10-14 times the diameter of the 



