30 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
I have not been able to find specimens in Mr. 
Sowerby’s collection; possibly it may be a state of 
Pistillaria micans (“ Eng. Flo.,” v. p. 180). 
Genus VII—SpaTHubaria. Pers. 
Receptacle vertical, compressed laterally, running 
down two opposite sides of the distinct stem ; substance 
fleshy-membranaceous ; asci clavate ; sporidia 8, filiform, 
hyaline; paraphyses filiform. (Plate II. fig. 7.) 
The one British species of this genus is easily dis- 
tinguished from plants of other allied genera by the 
hymenium running down two opposite sides of the stem, 
assuming a spoon-like outline owing to its being laterally 
compressed. Some species of Leptoglossum and Geo- 
glossum are compressed, but the hymenium entirely 
surrounds the stem. 
Name—Diminutive of o7aOn, a spatula. 
1. Spathularia flavida. Pers. 
Head spathulate, compressed, nearly even, yellow; 
margin crisped or undulated; stem white; asci clavate ; 
sporidia 8, acicular-filiform, multi-guttulate, 60—70 x 6 
ni ; paraphyses filiform, branched, numerous. (Plate II. 
g. 7. 
Spathularia flavida—Pers., “Comm.,” p. 34; Fries, 
“Sys. Myco.,” i. 491; Grev., “Se. Crypt. Flo.,” + 165 : 
“Eng. Flo,” v. p. 179; Price, t. 5, £ 34; D. CG, “Flo. 
Fr.,” ii. 95; Berk., “Outl.,” t. 21, f..7; Cooke, “ Handbk..” 
No. 1958, fig. 826; Kromb., t v. f. 22; Karst., « Myco. 
Fenn,.,” 27 ; Cooke, “ Mycogr.,” fig. 342; Gill, « Champ.,” 
p. 26, ¢ i, Elvella clavata—Scheeff,, t. 149, Clavaria 
spathulata— Flo. Dan.,” t. 658; Schmidt, “Icon.,” +, 50. 
Helvella spathularia—Sow., “ Fung.,” t.35. H. feritoria 
—Bolt., t. 97. Spathularia flava—Swartz, “Vet. Ac. 
Handl.,” 1812, p. 10. 8. erispa—Corda, “Icon.,” ii. 36 
f. 125. S. flavida—Fekl., “Symb. Myco.” p. 33% 
Exs.—Rabh., “ Herb. Myco.,” 28; Desm., “ Crypt. Fr.,” 
ii. 455; Rabh., “Fung. Eur,” ii. 126; Wartm. and Schw., 
