(Both this collection and one from Blowing Rock, N. C., were mentioned in the original description, but the specimen cited above is accepted as the holotype by Coker (2), and so also by me after examination. Aside from the original report by Atkinson, the species has been reported from North America only by Coker. It is apparently rather rare. However, the type specimen is in good condition and allows very adequate examination. The stipe and branches of the fruiting bodies are rarely straight, but usually crooked, and occasionally irregularly branched rather than the usual dichotomous pattern. The contextual hyphae are rarely slightly thickened, and are septate with the typical small, simple clamp connections being present. Microscopic mounts of the type and other specimens are difficult to interpret because of the agglutination of the tissues, making exact measurement of cell dimensions, basidial length, etc. nearly impossible. Sterile elements are present in the hymenium. These arise in the same way as the basidia, but protrude slightly from the general hymenial level. They are consistently narrower than the basidial primordia (2-3 µm), but are otherwise undifferentiated. Again, the slight thickening of the contextual cell walls, the small simple clamp connections and the roughened spores all dictate the placement of this species in Ramariopsis.) Both this collection and one from Blowing Rock, N. C., were mentioned in the original description, but the specimen cited above is accepted as the holotype by Coker (2), and so also by me after examination. Aside from the original report by Atkinson, the species has been reported from North America only by Coker. It is apparently rather rare. However, the type specimen is in good condition and allows very adequate examination. The stipe and branches of the fruiting bodies are rarely straight, but usually crooked, and occasionally irregularly branched rather than the usual dichotomous pattern. The contextual hyphae are rarely slightly thickened, and are septate with the typical small, simple clamp connections being present. Microscopic mounts of the type and other specimens are difficult to interpret because of the agglutination of the tissues, making exact measurement of cell dimensions, basidial length, etc. nearly impossible. Sterile elements are present in the hymenium. These arise in the same way as the basidia, but protrude slightly from the general hymenial level. They are consistently narrower than the basidial primordia (2-3 µm), but are otherwise undifferentiated. Again, the slight thickening of the contextual cell walls, the small simple clamp connections and the roughened spores all dictate the placement of this species in Ramariopsis.
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