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rough with irregular longitudinal furrows ; asci cylindrical ; spores elliptical, 
whitish tinged with ochre, .0008/—.001' long, .0005’—.0007 broad ; paraphyses 
short, clavate, with one or two septa near the base. 
Sandy soil in the borders of woods and in open places. West Albany and 
Center. April and May. 
Two forms occur, one with the pileus oblong-conical, rather obtuse, often 
tipped with a slight umbo or papilla, and with a diameter a little surpassing 
that of the stem from which the base is separated by a slight groove; the 
other with the pileus narrowly conical, rather acute, scarcely exceeding the 
stem in diameter, and without any separating groove. The stem and fruit 
are alike in both forms. The stem is usually about equal in length to the 
pileus. The species is related to MW. conica and M. elata, but may be sepa- 
rated from both by the size of the spores and the character of the paraphyses. 
In our plant I have never seen these as long as the asci. Large forms 
appear also to approach 1. rimosipes, but that species has the margin of the 
pileus more free, the stem proportionately longer, and the paraphyses as long 
as the asci, if we may rely upon the figure of it. Our plant is edible. 
GYROMITRA CURTIPES Lr. 
Wet banks. Knowersville. May. Also Buffalo. CZinton. 
The spores in our specimens are often trinucleate, the central nucleus 
being the largest. The species may be separated from Gt. esculenta by its 
paler color, shorter stem and different spores. 
GHOGLOSSUM IRREGULARE 7. sp. (Plate I, figs. 5-7.) 
Glabrous, yellow, solid, fleshy, soft but rather tough, clavate; club sub- 
compressed, obtuse, irregular, often lobed, curved or twisted, tapering below 
into the short, paler or whitish solid distinct stem ; asci cylindrical, often two 
or three united together at the base; spores uniseriate, elliptical, colorless, 
.0003/—.0004! long, .0002’ broad; flesh white. 
Plant 1'-2’ high. Damp mossy ground in woods. Sandlake. Oct. 
This species is allied to G. /utewm, from which its irregular club and 
glabrous stem readily distinguish it. Mitrwla crispata, ot which we have 
seen no authentic specimens, is said to have similar spores; but if that species 
is properly referred to the genus Mitrula, it must be different from our plant, 
which is a true Geoglossum, agreeing fully with the description of that genus, 
but not agreeing with the published characters of the genus Mitrula, for the 
club is neither “ovate,” “capitate” nor “inflated.” This species, with 
G. luteum, G. rufum and G. pistillare, forms a natural group of closely 
related and clearly congeneric forms. 
PEZIZA EUPLECTA Ch. 
Shaded banks in ravines. Knowersville. May. 
Our specimens vary somewhat from the characters expressed by the figure | 
and description of this species, but scarcely enough to warrant their separa- 
tion. 
PEZIZA MELASTOMA Sow. 
Mossy sticks on the ground. Catskill Mountains. July. 
Our specimens are black without and within, and do not show any rubigin- 
ous color or orange-colored granules, but in other respects they agree with 
the description of the species. 
