MiCROGLOSSUM 15 



reaching a length of 100 150 n and a diameter of 10-12 /x, 8- 

 spored; spores 2-seriate, hyahne, smooth, cylindric, or sHghtly 

 narrowed toward the obtuse ends, usually slightly curved, 

 5 X 20-50 IX (35-43), at first continuous, finally 7-15-septate; 

 paraphyses filiform, septate, 2 /u thick, slightly thickened and 

 strongly curved above. 



On much decayed rotten logs and about the bases of stumps. 



Type locality: New York. 



Distribution: New York and Massachusetts. 



Illustrations: Ann. Myc. 6: pi. 5,f. 15, 16; pi. 19, f. 203, 

 204, 205. 



3. Microglossumlongisporum Durand, Ann. Myc. 6: 409. 1908. 



Ascophores solitary, gregarious, clavate, often curved or 

 contorted, rich cinnamon-brown, 3-6 cm. high; ascigerous portion 

 occupying about one-third to one-half the total length, slightly 

 differentiated from the stem, oblong to ellipsoid, obtuse, more or 

 less compressed and longitudinally furrowed, slightly darker than 

 the stem, often with an umber tint, 1-2.5 cm. long, 4-10 mm. 

 wide, flesh yellowish-brown; stem terete, squamulose, sometimes 

 later becoming nearly smooth and hygrophanous, clammy or 

 slightly viscid below, 2-4 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick, equal; asci 

 cylindric-clavate, apex rounded, only slightly narrowed, the pore 

 blue with iodine, reaching a length of 100-140 fj. and a diameter 

 of 12-15 ju, 8-spored; spores of two kinds in the ascus; the first 

 2 in number (very rarely 3 or 4), lying side by side and nearly as 

 long as the ascus, hyaline, smooth, cylindric or a very little 

 broader in the middle, ends rounded, straight or curved, at first 

 continuous and multiguttulate, finally becoming about 14-16- 

 septate, 4-5 X 60-100 pi; the second 6 (rareh' less) usually 

 placed irregularly near the apex of the ascus, similar to the first 

 kind but smaller, 3 X 12-18 (x, rarely longer, usually continuous; 

 paraphyses filiform, 2 n thick, hyaline, the apices slightly thick- 

 ened and strongly curved or uncinate. 



On the ground among leaves in the midst of grasses and 

 sedges, in rich woods and ravines. 



Type locality: New York. 



Distribution: New York to Michigan and North Carolina. 



Illustrations: Ann. Myc. 6: pi. 5, f. 17, 18; pi. 19, f. 20^ 

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