660 



ELVELLACEI. 



sligMly pubescent ; sporidia yellowish, elliptic ; stem 3 in. bigt, ^ in. or 

 more thick, slightly attenuated downwards, loosely stuflfed, by no means 

 hollow. ~i:iig.Fl. iFui.S24.) 



1950. 



Verpa conica. Sow. " Yellow-stemmed Verpa. 



Pileus campanulate, nearly even, bro^Yn ; margin subsinuated, 

 yellow beneath, as well as the equal stem. — Fr. S.M. ii. p. 24. 

 Sow. t.ll. Fl. Dan. t. 654. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 185. Corda. Sturm, t. 11. 



On the ground. Rare. 



Gen. 290. 



IVIITRULA, Fr. 



Soft and fleshy, simple, capitate ; 

 stem distinct ; hymenium surround- 

 ing the inflated club. — Berh. Outl.p. 



360. 



{Fig. 325.) 



1951. 



Mitrula cucullata. Fr. 



''Hooded Mitrula." 



Head ovate, hood-shaped, even, 

 sub-ferruginous ; stem thread - 

 shaped; asci elongated-clavate; spo- 

 ridia narrowly lanceolate, hyaline, 

 with 2-3 nuclei. — Kromhli. t. 5,/*. 

 23-24. Berk. Outl. p. 360. Batsclu 

 f. 132. Cooke exs. no. 232. Sow. t. 84. 

 Fig. 325. Berk. exs. no. 254. Pers. Disp. t. S,f. 



12. G7^ev. t. 81. Fr. S.M.i.p. 492. Geoglossum cucullatum. Eng. 

 Fl. \.p. 179. Fl. Dan. t. 1670,/. 2. Rabh. exs. no. 37. Bisch. /. 

 3378. Fckl.exs.no. 12^1. 

 Amongst fir leaves. 

 Often overlooked from its small size. 

 1952. Mitrula paludosa. Fr. " Marsh Mitrula." 



Head ovate, obtuse, inflated, even, orange; stem pale, hollow; 

 asci linear ; sporidia lanceolate, hyaline. — Fr. S.M. i. p. 491. 

 Ray. Syn.p. 23. Bull. t. 463,/. 3. Sow. t. 293. Dicks, t. 9,/ 10. 

 Fers. Syn.t. 3,/. 15. Fl. Dan. t. 1377. Grev. t. 312. Berk, exs, 

 no. 27S. Huss.i.t.9. Eng. Fl. Y.p. ISO. Bail. t. 21. XL exs.no, 

 238. Fckl. exs. no. 1236. Bav. exs. v. no. 36. 



On leaves, in ditches, &c. Local. [S. Carolina.] 



Pileus very variable in form, hollow, of a delicate bright orange-yellow ; 

 asci linear, containing about four linear truncate sporidia.— Grev. {Fig. 325.) 



