THE SPORE-SAC FUNGI 501 



apex blunt, sometimes slightly cleft, the surface wavy, somewhat crisp, growing 

 clown the stem on opposite sides further than V. velutipes. 



The stem is thick, hollow, white, then tinged with yellow, slightly com- 

 pressed ; asci clavate, apex somewhat pointed, 8-spored ; spores arranged in par- 

 allel fascicles, hyaline, linear-clavate, usually very slightly bent, 50-60x3.5-4^; 

 paraphyses filiform, septate, often branched, tips not thickened, wavy. While 

 this is a beautiful plant it is not common. Found in August and September. 



Spathularia velutipes. C. & F. 

 Velvet-foot Spathularia. Edible. 



Velutipes is from velutum, velvet; pes, foot. 



The spore body is flattened, shaped like a spathula, spore surface wavy, grow- 

 ing on the opposite sides of the upper part of the stem, tawny-yellow. The stem 

 is hollow, minutely downy or velvety, dark brown tinged with yellow. It will 

 dry quite as well as Morchella. It is found in damp woods on mossy logs. It 

 is not a common plant. Found in August and September. 



Leotia. Hill. 



Receptacle pileate. Pileus orbicular, margin involute, free from the stem, 

 smooth, hymenium covering upper surface. 



The stem is hollow, central, rather long, continuous with pileus ; the whole 

 plant greenish-yellow. 



Asci club-shaped, pointed, 8-spored. The spores are elliptical and hyaline. 

 The paraphyses are present, usually slender and round. 



Leotia htbrica. Pers. 



Lubrica means slippery ; so called because the plants are usually slimy. 



The pileus is irregularly hemispherical, somewhat wrinkled, inflated, wavy, 

 margin obtuse, free from the stem, yellowish olive-green, tremelloid. 



The stem is one to three inches long, nearly equal, hollow, and continuous 

 with the cap ; greenish-yellow, covered with srfiall white granules. 



The asci are cylindrical, slightly pointed at the apex, 8-spored. The spores 

 are oblong, hyaline, smooth, sometimes slightly curved, 22-25x5^. The para- 

 physes are slender, round, hyaline. 



