178' rUNGl. [Geoglossunu. 



On sticks, bursting through the bark. Stone Park, Sussex, Sowerbij. 

 — 'Root a thick strigose, subglobose tuber, giving out two or three simple 

 linear subacute receptacles from the same base. 



3. C cornea, Batsch. (Jiormj Calocerd) ; tufted small simple 

 and branched yelloNV connate at the base. Fr. Syst. 3Iyc. v. 1. 

 p. 486. — CL cornea, Batsch, Cant. \.f. 161. Pers. Syn. p. 596, 

 Sow. e. 40. With. V. 4. p. 337. Purl. 31idl. Fl. v. 24-3. 

 71. 1060. — CI. aculeiformis, Bull. ^ 463. /. 4. — CL medullariSi 

 Holnisk. Ot.p. SO. cum fig. 



On trunks of trees, squared timber, &c. Common. Autumn. — • 

 Springing from cracks : when fresh soft, when dry hard and horny. 



17. Geoglossum. Pers. Geoglossum. 



Peceptacle erect, club-shaped, subcompressed, produced down- 

 ivards into a distinct stem. Hymenmm concrete, covering the 

 incrassated receptacle. Asci elongated. — Name from yn, the 

 earth, and yXwcca, a tongue. 



1. G. hirsutum, P. {hairy Geoglossum^ ; hairy black. Pers, 

 Comm. p. 37. Syn. p. 608. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I. p. 488. 

 Grev. FL EcLp. 416. Scot. Crypt. FL t. 185. Klotzsch, Fung. 

 Germ. exs. n. 44 Clavaria ophioglossoides, Hohnsk, Ot. 1. 



p. 18. cum fig. Sow, i. 83. Schceff. t. 327. Part. MidL FL 

 t'. 2 43. w. 1059. 



Lawns, pastures, &c. • Not uncommon. Autumn. 



2. G.gldbrum, Pers. (smooth Geoglossum) ; smooth dry black- 

 ish, stem subsquamulose. Pers. Syn. p. 608. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I. 

 p. 488.— C/. ophioglossoides, BulL jf. 372. BulL t. 11 1. /. 2. 



With. V. 4. p. 337. 



Grassy places ; not common. Autumn. — Near Hahfax, Bolton. 

 Scotland ; Klotzsch, in Hook. Herb. Near Bungay, Mr Stock. 



3. G. diffZrme, Fr. (twisted Geoglossum) ; smooth even 

 slightly viscid black, receptacle compressed, distinct. Fr. Syst, 

 Myc. v.l'P' 489. 



Amongst Hypmnn squarrosum on the grass plot before the steward's 

 house at Boughton House, Norths. Oct. 5, 1827. — Receptacle com- 

 pressed, lanceolate, hollowed out on either side, distorted, distinct, 

 smooth, very slightly viscid, dark-brown black, 1 inch or more long. 

 Sporules exactly as in G. viscosum. Stem equal, cylindrical, but little 

 compressed, H inch high, 2 lines thick. 



4. G. glutindsum, Vers, (slmiifip-stemmed Geoglossum); smooth 

 black, receptacle compressed distinct, stem viscid. Pers. Com??!. 

 p. 38. Syn. p. 609. Fr. Sijst. Mijc. v. I. p. 489. 



Grassy places, especially in marshes. Appin, Captain Cai'michael.-— 

 *' S(e7n nearly equal, 1 inch or more high, clothed with tenacious gluten, 

 reddish-brown inclining to black. Receptacle somewhat lanceolate, 

 obsoletely viscid, blacker than the stem." Fr. I. c. 



5. G. viscosum, Pers. (slimy Geoglossum) ; smooth viscid 



