GEOGLOSSUM. 35 
t. 185; “Eng. Flo,” v. 178; Berk. “Outl,” t 22, f. 
12; Loudon, f. 16184; Cooke’s “ Handbk.,” No. 1861; 
“Mycogr.,” fig. 3; Karst., “Myco. Fenn.,” i. 31; Fekl., 
“Symb. Myco.,” 333; Gill, “Champ.,” p. 24, ¢ i; Pat., 
p. 29,£68. Clavaria simplex hirsuta—Schmidt, “Icon.,” 
t. 25, f. 1-19. C. ophioglossoides—Holms., “ Ot.,” p. 18; 
Sow., “ Fung.,” t. 13; Scheeff., “Icon.,” t. 327. C. atra— 
Schrad. in Pers., “Comm.,” p. 37; Humb., “Flo. Frib.,” 
p. 114. 
Exs.—Karst., “Fung. Fenn.,” 451; Fekl, “F. Rh.,” 
1141; West and Wall, “H. B.,” 1084; “Erb. Crit. Ital.,” 
i, 975; Desm., “Crypt. Fr.,” i. 420; Rabh., “Fung. Eur.,” 
ii. 523; Rabh., “Herb. Myco.,” 237; Schm. and Kze., 122; 
Klotzsch, “H. M.,” 44; Roumg., “Stirpes.,” 63; Cooke, 
“Fung. Brit.,” ed. ii. 393 
Cespitose, 2 to 3 inches high; club oblong or ovate, 
generally compressed, distinct from, but passing gradu- 
ally into, the stem, often 4 an inch broad, black, hairy ; 
stem cylindrical, ,', to ,3; of an inch thick, covered with 
short black hairs. The sporidia are elongated, nearly 
cylindrical, obtuse at the ends, brown, septate. The 
paraphyses are septate, curved at the apices, which are 
obtuse, brown, and thicker than the lower portion. 
Rigid black hairs tapering upwards are intermixed with 
the paraphyses. 
‘Name—Hirsutus, hairy. 
Bryndulas, Cwm Bychan, Penzance, Thornhaugh, 
Notts, Reigate, and Brighton (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). 
Twycross (Rev. A. Bloxam). Abergavenny (Dr. M. C. 
Cooke). Foxhall (Herb. Kew). North Wootton; Rack- 
heath; Little Plumstead; and Woodbastwick, Norfolk! 
(Mr. C. B. Plowright). Around Carlisle (Dr. Carlyle). 
Lawns near Hereford! General Cemetery, Shrewsbury! 
pastures about Ludlow! 
2. Geoglossum difforme. Fries. 
Gregarious, glabrous, even, slightly viscid, black; 
club difformed, compressed, obtuse, distinct; asci cylin- 
draceo-clavate; sporidia 8, linear, straight, or slightiy 
