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adnate, sparingly rimose and bordered by a very thin, silky, white margin. 

 The species is distinct from its near relatives by the numerous chlamy- 

 dospores in the subhymenial tissue. 



Peniophora crassa Burt in ed. 

 Decorticated surface of trunks ot pine. Flood wood. August. The mar- 

 gin is definite, and the>hymenium is smooth and continuous when young 

 and fresh, but it is apt to crack in drying. A thick firm species. 



Peniophora glebulosa {Fr) Bres. 

 Decaying wood of pine and hemlock. Floodwood. September. 



Clavaria acris n, sp. 



PLATE H, FIG. 37-39 



Stem short, branching from near the base, the branches repeatedly and 

 subpalmately branched, sometimes compressed, tough, solid, reddish in- 

 carnate, whitish within, tips acute, whitish or concolorous, the axils often 

 rounded; taste acrid; mycelium white; spores broadly elliptic, pale och- 

 raceous, .00024-.0003 of an inch long, .ooot6-.ooo2 broad. 



Much decayed wood of coniferous trees. Floodwood iVugust. It 

 forms tufts 1.5-3 inches high and nearly as broad. 



Clavaria exigua n. sp. 



Very small; stem slender, dichotomously or somewhat irregularly 

 branching, white, branches delicate lavender color or the lower white 

 toward the base, tips subacute, axils rounded; spores minute, globose, 

 .00008-.0001 of an inch broad. 



Among fallen leaves in woods. Floodwood. September. The whole 

 plant is scarcely more than six lines high. The coloring of the upper 

 part is very delicate and beautiful. 



Clavaria austera Briiz. 



Ground in woods. Lake Placid. September. Miss N. L. Marshall. 

 A small tufted species allied to C. i n a e q u a 1 i s , from which it may 

 be distinguished by the greenish tint of the clubs. 



Rhizopogon luteolus Fr. 



Pastures. Westport. October. 



