Spore-sac Fungi—Ascomycetes 
Stem —None. 
Habitat—The specimen pictured was found in December, among 
the violets in a cold frame in New Jersey. 
Golden Peziza (Edible) 
Pegiza aurantia 
Cup—Orange red within, golden or whitish outside, with a 
frosted appearance. Subsessile, irregular. 
Habitat—In clusters on the ground, usually in the autumn. 
ORDER HELVELLALES—EARTH-TONGUES 
The order Helvellales contains the fleshy spore-sac fungi 
which have the Spore-bearing body, the ascoma, open from the 
earliest stage of its development. 
FAMILY GEOGLOSSACE/ 
The family Geoglossacew, which belongs to this order, con- 
tains the earth-tongues, which are club-like forms, green or 
black or yellow, and from one to three inches high, common on 
the ground, growing in rich wood mould. In consistency they 
are fleshy, gelatinous, or waxy, and their asci open by means 
of a terminal pore. 
GENUS SPATHULARIA 
The genus Spathularia has the spore body flattened and 
growing down both sides of the stem. 
Velvety Spathularia 
Spathularia velutipes (See Prate Facinc Pacs 132) 
Spore Body—Flattened, tawny yellow, shaped like a spatula, with 
the spore surface wavy and growing down two sides of the 
stem. 
Stm—Hollow, minutely velvety, dark brown tinged with yellow. 
Flesh—Firm and tough, shrinking little in drying. 
Habitat—Mossy trunks in damp woods. 
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