Genus Vibrissea 



Spathularia clavata 



Spore Body — Clear yellow, shaped like a spatula, sometimes tinged 

 with red. Obtuse or cleft at the apex, the surface wavy, 

 the margin crisped, growing down the stem some distance 

 on opposite sides ; hollow. 



Stem — Thick, hollow. White, often becoming yellowish. 



Flesh — Dry. 



GENUS GEOGLOSSUM 



The genus Geoglossuin has the spore body simple, erect, 

 and club-shaped, and entirely black. The spore surface is ter- 

 minal. 



Geoglossum hirsutum 



Geoglossum hirsutiun is black, dry, and everywhere velvety. 

 Lanceolate, ovate, oblong, or almost round, often irregular. The 

 spore-bearing portion is one-quarter to one-half the length of the 

 fungus. 



Geoglossum glabrum 



Geoglossum glabruin is dry, black, or brownish black, some- 

 times tinged with olive or purple. Club-shaped or sometimes 

 laterally compressed. The spore-bearing portion not sharply 

 distinct from the stem below. 



GENUS yiBRISSEA 



The genus l/ibrissea contains fungi with vertical and simple 

 stems, and horizontal caps with their thick margins rolled in to- 

 ward the stem. The spore-sacs are borne on the upper surface. 



Vibrissea truncorum 



yibrissea truncorum is a clear orange-red or sometimes yel- 

 low or brownish-red fungus, about an inch high, found on 

 decayed wood, branches, or leaves which are submerged in 

 water. 



Cliv-a'-ta Hlr-su'-tiim Vi-brls'-s^-S 



Ge-6-gl6s'-sura Gla'-brfim Trun-co -rum 



