ELYELLACEI. 



661 



Gen. 291. 



SFATKULAHIA, P. 



Disc capitate, compressed, 

 running down into the stem on 

 either side. — Berh. Outl. p. 

 360. {Fig. 326.) 



1953. Spathularia fiavida. 



Ptrs, " Yellow :?pathularia." 



Head spathulate, compressed, 

 even, yellow ; stem whitish ; 

 asci clavate ; sporidia linear, 

 multi-nucleate,curved. — Corcla 

 ii. /. 125. Kromhh. t. b,f. 22. 

 Price t.b,f. 34. Fr. S.M. i. p. 



491. Berk. Outl. t. 21, f. 7. Grev. 1. 165. Fay./. 21-375. ScJicef. 



Ul4d. Schmid. t. bO,f.l. Sow. t. So. Berk. e:cs. no. 267. Schm. 



exs.no. 194. Nees.f. 156 A.B. Eng. FL.Y.p. 179. Kl. exs. no. 815. 



Corda. Anl. t. G.f. ^^j, 6-10. FcJd. exs. no. 1143. 



In fir woods. July — October. 



Mostly gregarious, 3-5 in. 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 or 

 near the summit ; sporidia discharged elastically. — Grev. {Fij 326.) 



Gen. 292. 



[C\(^. 



LEOTIA, 



Hill. 



Receptacle pileate, supported 

 in the centre by the stem ; mar- 

 gin revolute, covered everywhere 

 with the smooth, somewhat viscid 



hvmenium.- 

 {Fig. 327.) 



■Berh. Outl. p. 360. 



1954. Leotia lubxica. Pers. 



*' Slimy Leotia." 



Tremelloid ; pileus swollen, re- 

 pand, greenish yellow ; stem hol- 

 Y{(T. 327. \ovf, subequal, yellow; asci cylin- 



drical ; paraph vses branched ; spoiidia oblong, obtuse, curved, 

 hyaline.— i^r. S.M.\i.p.2^. BerJc. Outl. t. 22, f. 1. Grev. t. 56. 

 Corda. ii./. 126. Bav. exs. vi. no. 77. Vaill. t. 11, f. 7-9. Cooke 



