LEPTOGLOSSUM. 3 1 



215; West and Wall., " H. B," 1085; Sclim. and Kze., 

 194; Berk., "Brit. Fung.," 257; Fckl, "Fung. Rh.," 

 1143; Cooke, "Fung. Brit.," i. 470; Klotsch., " H. M.," 

 815; Rehm., "Asco.," 426; Phil., " Elv. Brit.," 3; Thum., 

 !< Fung. Aus.," 425 ; Roumg., " Stirpes," 326. 



On dead fir-leaves and amongst moss in damp woods. 

 July to October. 



Gregarious, 3 to 5 inches high ; pileus hollow, yellow, 

 rarely reddish, much compressed, more or less of an 

 erect obovate form, slightly inflated, undulated, or even 

 lacunose, sometimes bifid, or inclining to be lobed. The 

 stem appears to pass along and eventually penetrate the 

 pileus half-way down or near the summit ; sporidia dis- 

 charged elastically (Grev.). 



Name Flavus, light yellowish. 



Costessey, near Norwich (Sowerby). Round Edin- 

 burgh (Dr. Greville). Malvern (Mr. Edwin Lees). Lax- 

 ton, Northamptonshire (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Wey- 

 bridge, East Bergholt (Mr. Frederick Currey). Wiltshire 

 (Mr. C. E. Broome). Dinmore, Herefordshire ! woods 

 near Ludlow (Mrs. Price). Invergordon, Scotland (Miss 

 Joss). Dinedor, Herefordshire (Dr. M. C. Cooke). Near 

 Carlisle ! (Dr. Carlyle). Castle Rising, Norfolk ! (Mr. C. 

 B. Plowright). 



GENUS VIII. LEPTOGLOSSUM. Cooke. 



Receptacle clavate, cylindrical, or compressed, brightly 

 coloured, produced downwards into a distinct stem ; 

 hymenium concrete with and covering the incrassated 

 upper portion ; asci cylindrical or clavate ; sporidia 8, 

 hyaline. (Plate II. fig. 8.) 



Leptoglossum Cooke in " Mycogr./' p. 250, revised 

 in litt. 



The plants of this genus are distinguished easily from 

 those of Geoglossum (Cooke ; non Fries), by the brighter 

 colour (never black). 



Name ASTTTOC, fine, -yXwo-o-a, tongue; resembling a 

 slender tongue. 



