MITRULA. 27 
On decaying vegetable matter on the ground in damp 
places. Spring and autumn. Whether edible or not is 
unknown. 
Name—Diminutive of pérpa, a little mitre. 
Three species ae o ae Se eis - 13 
Kery To THE SPECIEs. 
Totally white .. a si ae an -. alba. 
Stem paler than the pile - paludosa. 
Stem as dark or darker than the pileus y os cucullata. 
1. Hitrula cucullata (Batsch). Fries. 
Head ovate or conical, even, nearly ferruginous ; stem 
filiform, flexuous, brown, approaching black, glabrous, or 
tomentose downwards ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 
8, narrowly fusiform, bi- or tri-guttulate, 12 xX 3u; para- 
physes filiform. 
Elvella cucullata—Batsch., “EL,” f. 152. Mitrula 
cucullata—Fries, “Summa Veg. Scan,” 347; Berk., 
“OutL,” 360; Cooke, “Handbk.,” 1951; Karst., “Myco. 
Fenn.,” p. 28; Fekl., “Symb. Myco.,” p. 332; Cooke, 
“Mycogr.,” fig. 176; Quelet, “Champ.,” pt. 1, p. 378; 
Gill, “Champ.” p. 27,c.i. Mitrula (Heyderia) abietis— 
Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” i. p. 4938. M. Heyderi—Pers., 
“Disp.,” 56, t. 3, £ 12; “Flo. Dan,” t. 1670, f. 2. M. 
Pusilla—Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” i. p. 493. Leotia mitrula 
—Pers., “Syn. Fung.,” 611; “ Myco. Eur.,” i. p. 199; A. 
and S. 295; Grev., “Flo. Edin.” p. 416; “Se. Crypt. 
Flo.,” t. 81. L. pusilla—Nees, “Sys.,” p. 173, t. 17, £. 160. 
Geoglossum cucullatum—Fries, “ Elench.,” i. 233; “Eng. 
Flo.,” v.179. Clavaria ferruginea—Sow., t. 84. 
Exs.—Desm., “Crypt. Fr.,” i. 1155; “ Erb. Crit. Ital.,” 
i. 466 ; Rabh., “ Fung. Eur.,” 37, 669 ; Kze. and Schm., 98 ; 
Fekl, “F. Bh.,” 1237; Wartm. and Sch., 481; Cooke, 
“Fung. Brit.,” 233; Berk., “ Brit. Fung.,” 254; Phil, “ Elv. 
Brit.,” No. 53; Karst, “Fung. Fenn.,” 447; Roumg., 
“Fung. Gal,” 713. 
-On decaying pine-leaves, Autumn. 
A small plant, not more than 2 inches high, very 
slender, gregarious. The head varies in form, being ovate, 
