GEOGLOSSUJI. 493 



parapiiyses are numerous blaclvish-brown, sliarp-pointed 

 spines (cystidia), 300-350 x 6-7 ji., whicli project beyond 

 the asci, and cause the hairy appearance of the hymenium. 



Caespitose or gregarious, on the ground among grass. 



Readily distinguished by the hairy hymenium and stem. 

 The hairs on the stem gradually beooine smaller as they 

 recede from the ascigerous portion, and are probably the last 

 remains of a condition when the whole above-ground portion 

 was fertile, and no differentiated stem existed. 



