Hone: MINNESOTA HELVELLINEJE. 317 



Geoglossum hirsutum americanum COOKE, Mycogr. 3. fig. 



1875- 



Hymenium appears glabrous when examined under a hand 

 lens as the setae project but slightly beyond the asci ; spores 

 light brown and only 7-10 septate. It agrees with G. hirsutum 

 in all other characters. 



On ground among moss in an alder swamp. 

 Sherburne, Aug. 1901, Policy. 



12. Leptoglossum luteum (PK.) SACC. Syll. Fungi 8 : 48. 1889. 

 (Plate III., fig. 2; Plate V., figs. 16-19.) 



vStipe cylindrical, minutely scaly, whitish, stuffed, even, up 

 to i in. high; pileus club shaped, slightly compressed, grooved 

 on one side, yellowish, smooth, up to .5 in. high ; spores oblong, 

 slightly curved, hyaline, obtuse, 28-38 mic. long by 5-6 mic. 

 wide (most of the spores were immature but some show distinct 

 indications of septations) ; paraphyses filiform, clavate, curved 

 at the tip, branched, numerous, about 2 mic. wide. 



On ground in swamp. 



* St. Louis, July, 1886, Arthur 195. 



The specimens agree with a specimen of unknown origin No. 

 82 collected at Kirkville, N. Y., June, 1889, the spores of which 

 measure 26-34 x 4~5 m ^ c - an< ^ ea ch cell often contains one large 

 oil drop. 



They agree with the plates and descriptions of Peck, Rep. 

 N. Y. St. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 94, pi. 3,^*5. 20-24. I ^7 2 anc * 

 Massee Monograph of Geoglossaceae, Ann. Bot., Vol. u,^>/. 

 XII., figs. 28, 29, jo. 1897. 



13. Leotia lubrica (Scop.) PERS. Syn. Meth. Fungi 613. 1801. 

 (Plate III., fig. 4; Plate V., figs. 5 -8). 



Gregarious, caespitose, usually gelatinous especially when 

 old ; stipe cylindrical or inflated at the base, compressed and 

 often bent, hollow or pulpy within, pruinose, yellowish to green- 

 ish, up to 2 in. long by .5 in. wide; pileus irregularly hemi- 

 spherical, inflated, wavy margin obtuse and folded, yellow to 

 yellowish olive-green and very dark green, up to i in. across ; 

 spores elliptical slightly acute, straight or bent, smooth, with sev- 

 eral large oil drops, when mature 2~4-celled, colorless or slightly 

 greenish, often in two rows, 4-5 mic. wide by 18-22 mic. long ; 

 paraphyses filiform, septate, branched, slightly clavate, hyaline 

 or greenish, up to 2 mic. wide, 4 mic. wide at tip. 



