Discomyceteae, Helvelleae, Phragmnspor«?, Leptoglossum. 47 



25-27; paraphysibus fililormibus, sursum in clavulam crassam, fu- 

 scidulam, usque 10 ix. latam incrassatis, interdum apicem versus 

 articulatis, rectis ; sporidiis cylindraceis, utrinque parura aogusta- 

 tis rotundatisque, subcurvatis, plerumque 15-septatis, ad septa per- 

 parum constrictis, fuscis, 94-110:^7. 



Ilab. in terra argillacea prope S. Francisco Brasiliae (E. Ulb). 



III. Species incertae. 



19. Geoglossum farinaceum Schw. Syn. Carol. n. 1116, Fr. Epicr. 154 

 p. 583. — Ligulatum subfurcatumve, primo albo-farinaceum, de- 

 mura nigricans; stipite squamuloso. 



Ilab. in pratis Carolina in Amer. bor. — Minutum, 1,3 cm. 

 altum etiam cylindricum varians, serotinum. 



20. Geoglossum rugosum Lasch in K!. Herb. myc. n. 816, Bot. Zeit. 155 

 1846, p. 45 (nomen). 



LEPTOGLOSSUM Cooke Myc. p. 250 [1879] (ut subg.) Sacc. em. Consp. 

 gen. Disc. p. 2 (Etym. h'p(os angustus et glossa lingua). — Ascoma 

 clavatum vel oblongum, stipitatum, nigricans vel lutescens. Asci 

 paraphysati octospori. Sporidia elongata, hyalina, tenuiter bi-plu- 

 riseptata. 



I. Eu-Leptoglossiim. Ascoma uigricans. 



L Leptoglossum tremellosum (Cooke) Sacc. Geoglossum tremelhsum ^^ 

 Cooke Mycogr. p. 206, f. 347, Geogl. microsporum C. et Peck 

 25 Rep. p. 97 nec Cooke Mycogr. f. 11. — Glabrum, treraellosum, 

 atrum; clavula subcorapressa, cava; stipite levi, glutinoso, conco- 

 lore, paullo longiore; ascis clavatis, filiforrai-paraphysatis; spori- 

 diis fusoideis, curvulis, denique tenuiter 5-7-septatis, 30-32^5, 

 hyalinis. 



Ilab. ad terram in Scotia et in Araer. boreali. — Descriptio 

 Geogl. microspori C. et Peck I. c. (sporidiis 18-35 pt. long.), po- 

 tius congruit cura hac specie quam cura L. microsporo Cooke 

 Mycogr. (sporid. oOrlO). 

 l. Leptoglossum microsporum (Cooke et Peck) Sacc. Geogl. micro- ^^'' 

 spoi-um Cooke Mycogr. p. 8, fig. 11, Cooke et Peck in Peck 25 

 liep. p. 97. — Giabrura subviscidura, atrum; clavula obtusa, dis- 

 creta; stipite subsquamuloso, clavula paullO longiore, cyiindrico; 

 ascis tereti-fusoideis, filiformi-parapliysatis ; sporidiis confertis, cy- 



