492 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



n. 55, examined, also a specimen in Herb., Kew, named by 

 Persoon. 



Geoglossum difforme. Fries, Obs., i. p. 159; Phil-., 

 Brit. Disc., p. 35 ; Cooke,' Mycogr., fig. 7 ; Sacc., Syll., viii. 

 n. 143. 



Entire length 3-0 cm., slightly viscid when moist, black, 

 glabrous ; club about half the entire length, often irregularly 

 bent and compressed, obtuse, distinct from the stem, up to 

 1 cm. thick ; stem thinner than the club, more or less 

 cylindrical and even ; asci clavate, apex narrowed, 8-spored ; 

 spores arranged in a parallel fascicle in the ascus, slightly 

 curved when free, cylindric-clavate, apex very slightly 

 thickened, 7-septate, brown, 90-100 x 6 p; paraphyses 

 septate, slender, scarcely or not at all thickened at the pale 

 brown, flexuous tips, longer than the asci. 



On the ground among grass. 



Closely allied to G. glabrum, differing mainly in the 

 paraphyses, which are pale brown and not clavate at the 

 tips. 



Specimens examined in Berk., Brit. Fung. n. 256, Cooke, 

 Brit. Fung. n. 481, and Rabenh., Herb. Myc., ed. ii. n. 424. 



** Ascophorc and stem hairy. 



Geoglossum hirsutum. Pers., Comm., p. 37 ; Cooke, 

 Mycogr., fig. 3; Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 34; Sacc., Syll., viii. 

 11. 150. 



Ascophore 5-7 cm. high, entirely black; ascigerous 

 portion about half the whole length, oblong or ovate, 

 generally more or less compressed and longitudinally 

 wrinkled, up to 1 cm. at widest part, minutely hairy, as is 

 also the cylindrical stem ; asci clavate, apex slightly 

 narrowed, pedicel slender, 8-spored ; spores arranged in a 

 parallel series in the ascus, the mass of spores narrowed at 

 base and apex, brown and often with an olive tinge, 

 linear-fusiform, slightly thicker at the apical half, just a 

 little curved, multi septate, 130-150 x 5 p.; paraphyses 

 numerous, septate, slightly thickened at the apex, which is 

 brownish, and often more or less curved ; mixed with the 



