22 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
drical; sporidia 8, oblong, oblong-fusiform or filiform ; 
paraphyses slender. (Plate IT. fig. 5.) ; ; 
Stem always present, distinct, wholly diffused into 
the receptacle. Pileus somewhat irregular, always free 
from the stem, convex, gradually depressed, tumid, 
viscous when bearing fruit, soft, margin repand. Sub- 
stance fleshy, soft, somewhat tremellose. , 
Gregarious, terrestrial, medium sized, occurring in 
summer and autumn; without odour, and insipid; not 
edible (vide Fries, “ Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 25). 
Name—Supposed to be from Adrne, smoothness. 
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPECIES. 
4. Eu-Leotia sia se ais ah ». species 1-2 
B, Cudonia . oe . .- +.» )=«—( 84 
Key To THE SPEctEs. 
Sporidia filiform .. si = os dis eo. circinans. 
Sporidia fusiform Ss ae ses dis oe 
ee exceeding 1 inch in height, stem filiform -» acicularis. 
*\One to two inches in height, stem stout win 2 
{pace yellowish green .. a8 oe sis + lubrica, 
*\Pileus dark wruginous green .. on ee »- chlorocephala. 
A. EU-LEOTIA. 
1. Leotia lubrica. Pers, 
Gregarious, somewhat cespitose, tremellose ; pileus 
tumid, repand, yellow-olivaceous-green; stem at length 
hollow, nearly equal, yellow; asci nearly cylindrical ; 
moos 8, narrowly elliptic, 25 x 8; paraphyses - fili- 
rm. 
Leotia lwbrica—Pers., “Syn. Fung.,” p. 613; Pers, 
“ Myco. Eur.,” t. ix.; Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. 29; Berk., 
“Outl,” t. 22, £1; Grev., “Se Crypt. Flo.,” t. 56; Cooke, 
“ Handbk.,” No. 1964, fig. 327; « Mycogr.,” fig. 171; 
Karst., “ Myco. Fenn.,” 26; Fekl., “ Symb. Myco.,” p. 284: 
Sace., “Myco. Ven. Sp.,” p. 162; Kickx., “ Flo, Flan.,” i. 
p. 500; Crouan, “Flo, Fin.,” p. 59: let. Chao.” 
pt. i. p. 379. Pp. 59; Quelet, “Champ., 
