SADDLE FUNGI 



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Leotia lubrica 



Cap 5-15 mm., 

 wide, S-10 mm. tall, 

 yellow to yellowish 

 green or dark green, 

 smooth but often fold- 

 ed and wavy at the 

 margin, gelatinous, in- 

 flated, hemispheric ; 

 stem 1-6 cm. by 3-S 

 mm., yellowish to 

 greenish, powdered, 

 hollow ; spores clear 

 or greenish, oblong, 2- 

 4-celled, 18-22 X 4-5;U.. 

 The name refers to the 

 slimy texture. 



On the ground in 

 woods, often on sandy 

 soil ; not tested. 



CUDONIA 



Resembling Le- 

 otia, but the cap 

 fleshy, with the margin 



free from the stem but rolled inward. The cap is more or less globose. The name 

 refers to the head-like cap. 



Figure 111. Gyromitra brunnea 



Cudonia circinans 



Figure 112. Leotia lubrica 



Cap 5-20 mm. wide, tan or yel- 

 lowish, fleshy, sticky when wet, con- 

 vex above, somewhat wavy, the mar- 

 gin not united with the stem, turned 

 in, not loose, tfattened-globose ; 

 stem 2-5 cm. by 4-7 mm., like the 

 cap in color but usually darker, pow- 

 dered, hollow or solid ; spores 

 clear, linear, many-celled, 35-50 X 2/i. 

 The name refers to the incurved mar- 

 gin. 



On the ground in woods, usually 

 in clusters or troops ; too small to be 

 of importance, but doubtless edible. 



