Discomycetse. Helvellaceae, Pbragrnosporap, Geoglossum. 743 



Sect. 2. Pbragmosparee. 



LEPT06L0SSUM Gooke. — Syll. VIII, p. 47, XI, p. 392. 



1. Leptoglossum latum Peck, BuU. Torr, Bot. Cl. 1895, p. 210. — 2789 

 Ascomate clavulato G-lSy^ mm. longo latoque, in udo molli, in 

 sicco subfragili, irregulariter compresso, toto nigro; stipite clavu- 

 lam tequante, nigro: ascis clavato-cylindraceis, 118-131 v 13. oeto- 

 sporis; sporidiis in. asco confertis obiongis v. cylindraceis, rectis 



V. leniter curvulis, continuis (semper?) obtusis, liyalinis, 26-40« 

 fj '/^-6 '/j ; paraphysibus coloratis apice incrassatis interdumque 

 recurvatis. 



JTdb. ad terram arenosam, Labrador (Waghorne;. 



2. Leptoglossum alabamense Underw. BuU. Torr. Bot. Cl. 1897, p. 82. 2790 

 — Ascomatibus nigris, gregariis, 2-3 cm. altis; clavula circiter 



1 cm. longa, appianata, sicca, 2 mm. lata, '/, mm. crassa, rotun- 

 data, cornea, intus flava; stipite asperulo, basi incrassato; spori- 

 diis liyalinis, rectis v. leniter curvulis, disticliis, demum 4-septa- 

 tis, 18-20 >^ 4; parapbysibus copiosissimis, apice incrassatis et ob- 

 scurioribus. 



Hab. ad terram, Alabama Amer. bor. 



GE06L0SSUM Pers. — Syll. VIII, p. 42, X, p. 2. 



1. Geoglossum fignicolum Massee, Journ. of Bot. 1896, p. 150, t. 357, 2791 

 iig. 19-20. — Gregarium, 4-5 cm. altum, lignicolum, nigrum v. 

 atro-purpureum ; clavula tereti v. compressa, glabra, hymenio ob- 

 ducta, circiter 3 mm. crassa, cum stipite sterili niinute velutino 

 asquali gracili plerumque curvulo confluente; ascis clavatis, apiee 

 rotundatis ibique jodi ope coerulescentibus, saepe curvulis, 150 =«< 15; 

 spjoridiis lineari-clavatis, apicem versus crassioribus, brunneis, pel- 

 lucidis, plerumque lenissime curvulis, 7-septatis, ir asco parallele 

 dispositis, octonis; parapbysibus rectis, clavatis, septatis, apice oli- 

 vaceo-tinctis ibique 6 p. crassis. 



Hab. in ligno putrido, Tasmania (Archer). 



2. Geoglossum xylariGioes Eehm, Hedw. 1896, p. 55. — Ascoma- 2792 

 tibus erectis, clavula elongato-ovata, obtusa, atra, subcalva, com- 

 pressa, 2-5 mm, long., 0,2 m.m- lat., sicca interdum longitudina- 

 liter sulcata, 4n stipitem cylindricum, atrum, glabrum, 3-5 mm. 

 long., 0,3-0,5 mm. lat. sensim abeunte; ascis olavatis, apice r^- 

 tundatis ol ^"■'•as>iatis, n'i'[iie ad 120 v 18, octosporis: sporidiis c^>- 



