GEOGLOSSUM. 493 



paraphyses are numerous blackish-brown, sharp-pointed 

 spines (cystidia), 300-350 x 6-7 p., which project beyond 

 the asci, and cause the hairy appearance of the hymenium. 



Caespitose or gregarious, on the ground among grass. 



Eeadily distinguished by the hairy hynieniurn and stem. 

 The hairs on the stem gradually become smaller as they 

 recede from the ascigerous portion, and are probably the last 

 remains of a condition when the whole above-ground portion 

 was fertile, and no differentiated stem existed. 



