LEOTIA. 23 
Leotia gelatinosa—HilL, “ Hist.,” 43. Elvela lubrica 
—Scop., “Carn,” ii. 477. Helvella lutea—Berg., “ Phyt.,” 
it. 151. H. gelatinosa—BulL, “Champ.,” p. 296, t. 470, 
£ 2; Sow., “Fung.,” t. 70. 
Exs.—Karst., “ Fung. Fenn..” 461; Schm. and Kze., 
224; “Erb. Crit. Ital.” 1 45; Cooke, “ Fung. Brit.,” i. 231; 
Moug. and Nest., 583; Rabh., “Fung. Eur.,” 714; Rabh., 
“ Herb. Myco.,” 29; Fckl, “F. Bh.,” 1138; Rav., vi. No. 77; 
Berk., “ Brit. Fung.,” 255; Rehm., “ Aseo.,” 101; Winter, 
“ Fungi Eur.,” 2405 and 2509 ; Roumg., “ Fung. Gal,” 712; 
Phil, “ Elv. Brit.,” 136. 
On the ground in woods. Summer and autumn. 
Noi edible. 
Stem from 1 to 2 inches long, granular with minute 
squamules ; at first pulpy within, then hollow. 
Name—Lubricus, slimy. 
Cambridgeshire (Relham). Balmuto, Scotland (Miss 
Boswell). Appin (Capt. Carmichael). Foxhall (Capt. 
Wauch). Anglesea (Rev. Hugh Davies). King’s Cliffe, 
Penzance, Bungay, Aberystwith, Wicklow, Crundale 
(Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Near Bristol (Mir. C. E. Broome). 
Twycross (Rev. A. Bloxam). Little Malvern (Mr. Edwin 
Lees). North of Ireland (Templeton). Haw Wood, near 
Bristol (Mr. C. Bucknall). Shere (Dr. Capron). North 
Wootton, Castle Rising (Mr. C. B. Plowright). Epping 
Forest (Dr. M. C. Cooke). Wrekin, Salop! woods near 
Hereford ! 
2. Leotia chlorocephala. Schw. 
Cespitose; pileus globose, very glabrous, nearly 
pellucid, zruginous green; stem very long, twisted, 
powdered; asei clavato-cylindrical; sporidia 8, fusi- 
form, curved, 3-guttulate, 20—-22X5u; paraphyses fili- 
form. 
Schw., “Syn.” p. 33; Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 30; 
Berk. and Curt., “Grevillea,” iii. p. 149; Cooke, “ Mycogr.,” 
fig. 174; B. and Br, “Ann Nat. Hist.,” No. 1985; 
“ Grevillea,” xi p. 15. 
Variable in size, reaching 4 inches in height; the 
