Genus Vibrissea 



Spathularia clavata 



Spo7'e 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 Geoglossum has the spore body simple, erect, 

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

 minal. 



Geoglossum hirsutum 



Geoglossum hirsiitiini 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 



Geoglossiim glabrum 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 VIBRISSEA 



The genus Vibrissea 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 



Vibrissea truncoruin 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. 



ClAv-a'-til HTr-sii'-tum Vl-bris'-se-a 



Ge-6-gl6s'-sum Gla'-brum Triin-co'-riim 



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