26 The North American Cup-Fungi 



On clay or loamy soil in woods or on slopes of ravines. 



Type locality: Ithaca, New York. 



Distribution: New York to Michigan. 



Illustrations: Ann. Myc. 7: pi. 7J. 61 64; pi. 13 J. 133-137. 



4. Geoglossum pygmaeum Gerard; Durand, Ann. Myc. 6: 429. 

 1908. 



Ascophores very small, .5-2 cm. high, brownish-black when 

 dry; ascigerous portion occupying about one-half the total length 

 of the ascophore, narrow, compressed ; stem terete, very slender, 

 minutely hairy; asci clavate, apex narrowed, reaching a length of 

 1 75-200 n and a diameter of 1 7-1 8 m, 8-spored ; spores in a parallel 

 fascicle in the ascus, brown or fuliginous, cylindric-clavate, 

 tapering slightly each way from above the middle, 15-septate, 

 6-7 X 122-140 /x; paraphyses straight, about as long as the asci, 

 cylindric, 3 n thick, pale, and sparingly septate below, the apex 

 brown, septated into cells about 12-14 ju long, slightly con- 

 stricted at the septa, the terminal two or three cells clavate- 

 thickened, the apical one usually more swollen and pyriform to 

 ellipsoid in outline, 7-8 X 10-14 n. 



On ligneous earth. 



Type locality: Poughkeepsie, New York. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Ann. Myc. 6: pi. 7,f. 60; pi. 13, f. 140-141. 



5. Geoglossum cohaerens Durand, Ann. Myc. 6: 430. 1908. 



Ascophores clavate, 2.5-3.5 cm. high, black; ascigerous por- 

 tion about one-half the total length, terete or compressed, obtuse; 

 stem squamulose; asci clavate, reaching a length of 150 /x and 

 a diameter of 12-15 n, 8-sporcd; spores multiseriate in the ascus, 

 cylindric-clavate, straight, or curved, for a long time hyaline, 

 later becoming pale-brown, from simple to 7-septate, 5 X 40- 

 55 m; paraphyses very numerous, rather longer than the asci, 

 cylindric, sparingly but irregularly septate, the tip rather abrupt- 

 ly clavate to pyriform thickened, conspicuously brown above, 

 the apices cohering with amorphous matter to form a brown 

 epitheceium above the asci. 



On sandy soil in a dooryard. 



Type locality: Newfield, New Jersey. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



Illustrations: Ann. Myc. 6: pi. 8,f. 65; pi. 13, f. 138 139. 



