360 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



246. MITRULA, Fr. 



Soft and fleshy, simple, capitate. Stem distinct. Hyme- 

 nium surrounding the inflated club. 



1. M. cucullata, Fr.; head ovate, hood-shaped, even, sub- 

 ferruginous; stem thread-shaped. — Grcv. t. 81. 



Amongst flr-leaves. Often overlooked from its small size. 



2. M. paludosa, Fr. ; head ovate, obtuse, inflated, even, 

 orange; stem pale, hollow. — Grev. t. 312; Huss. i. t. 9. 



On leaves, in ditches, etc. Local. Capel Curig, in great 

 abundance. Extremely pretty. 



247. SPATHULARIA, P. 



Disc capitate, compressed, running down into the stem on 

 either side. 



1. S. flavida, P. ; head spathulate, compressed, even, yel- 

 low ; stem whitish. (Plate 21, flg. 7.) — Qrev. t. 165. 

 In fir- woods. Not uncommon. 



248. LEOTIA, Hill. 



Receptacle pileate, supported in the centre by the stem ; 

 margin revolute, covered everywhere with the smooth, some- 

 Nvhat viscid hymeniura. 



1. L. lubrica, P. ; tremelloid ; pileus swollen, waved or 

 slightly lobed, yellow-green ; stem hollow, nearly equal, yel- 

 low. (Plate 22, fig. 1.)— G/^y. t. 56. 



In woods. Common, h. infundibuliformis is merely some 

 Agaric attacked by an Hypocrea. 



2. L. nana, Fr.; small; pileus lobed, rugose, white, even 



