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Leaves of Tilia Americana. Buffalo. Clinton. Watl'ins. 

 September and October. 



The thickened tips of the appendages are characteristic of tliis 

 species. The mjcelium is more conspicuous on the upper than on 

 the lower surface of the leaf. I take pleasure in dedicating this 

 species to its discoverer. Hon. G. ^Y. Clinton. 



Geoglossum glutinosum Pers. 



Borders of swamps. Sandlake. September. 



The viscid stem is the most available character for separating 

 this species from G. Jiirsidum. In both species the spores are 

 hfteen-septate. 



Geoglossum simile Pech. 



Plant 1-2' high, black; club obtuse, generally compressed, 

 sometimes with a broad shallow groove on one side, hairj, tapering 

 into the stem ; asci broad ; spores fasciculate, -elongate, slightly 

 curved, seven-septate, colored, .003'-.00tl:' long ; paraphyses sliglitly 

 thickened at the tips, septate, sometimes branched. 



Damp mossy ground in swamps. Fort Edward. Howe. Sand- 

 lake. September. 



Externally this species can scarcely be distinguished from G. 

 hirsutum, but its shorter seven-septate spores and paler paraphyses 

 with tips less recurved and more distinctly septate are distinguish- 

 ing characters too marked to be overlooked. 



Geoglossum mickospoeum C. (& P. 



Plant Thigh, black; club obtuse, smooth, viscid when moist, 

 distinct from the minutely squamulose stem ; spores crowded or 

 biseriate, cylindrical, obtuse, slightly curved, simple, hyaline, 

 .O007'-.0013'long. 



Burnt ground under Pteris arpiilina. Greig. September. 

 This species is allied to G. viride. When moist the spores ooze 

 out on the viscid surface. 



YiEKissEA lutea Peclc. (Plate 1, figs. 19-23.) 



Plant 6"-12" high, yellow ; receptacle subglobose, smooth, tlie 

 margin slightly lobed, inilexed, free ; stem nearly equal, solid, a 

 little more highly colored than the receptacle, longitudinally 

 wrinkled when dry ; asci clavate or cylindrical ; spores long, 

 filiform. 



Prostrate, mossy trunks of trees and among fallen leaves in 

 woods. North Elba. August. 



The free margin of the receptacle is an anomalous character in 

 this species. It is larger than the next, the receptacle being 

 2"-3" in diameter. 



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