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or oblique eross-burs of suiiilur uppoaranee, the cells i! to 5 or even 9 mm. long, 
dingy buff, appearing hoary '.vhon old. tlie smaller more or less quadrilateral, the 
larger elongated, sometimes with irregular subsidiarv folds and elevations. Stem 
■liin. (1-1. 2 cm.). 21in. (d.2 cm.) thick above. 2iu. '(5 cm.) in the middle, lliu. 
(3.7 cm.) near the base, faintly and irregularly rugose, surface dull, i-lingA' 
piinkish buff, very hollow to Ihe apex of the pileus, wall 2 nun. thick, inner 
surface liuely granular, base of stem a little rounded, tlie lowermost fin. (l.S cm.'l 
deeply fenestratc^l with several irregular openings into the cavity of the stem, the 
bars of these openings puckered together at the centre of the base .of the stem. 
Spores 19 x 13 g. South Australia — Brown Hill Creek. Myponga. Port Lincoln. 
Europe. September. October. 
LEOTIA Hill. 
••'Ascophore stipitate, substance deshy, soft and somewhat gelatinous. Pileus 
orbicular, sju'eadiug; margin drooping or incurved, free from the stem: glabrous, 
hymeuium entirely covering the upper surface. Stem central, elongated. Asci 
[FroJc u'atercoUyur by Miss P. Claxke. 
Figure 74 . — Leotia lubrica Pers.. (No. 665). 
Sydney. 
cylindric-clavate, apex narrowed, 8-spored ; spores hyaline, continuous or 1-septate, 
elongated and narrowly elliptical, obliquely 1 to 2 seriate; paraphyses present.'' 
— ilassee. 
565. Leotia lubrica Pers. (L., liihricus, slippery). — Pileus up to liu. (2.5 cm.), 
irregularly hemispherical, often knobby or gyrose, margin thick, infolded, some- 
what gelatinous, near Medal Bronze (iv.) (yellowish olive green to olive green). 
Stem up to Slin. (8.7 cm.), slender .or moderately stout, sometimes flattened or 
inflated, often bent or twisted, hollow, near Yellow Ochre (xv. ) (dingy yellowish). 
Spores slightly curved, 15 to 19 x 4- to 5 y.. Gregarious to subcaespitose. South 
Australia — Amongst leaves under trees, Mount Lofty. Xew South "Wales. 
Victoria. Tasmania. Europe, etc. June. (Figure 74.) 
GEOGLOSSUM Pers. 
(Gr., ge, the earth; L., glossa, the tongue.) 
“Entire fungus more or less clavate, erect, the apical, thickened portion 
everywhere covered with the hymenium; glabrous or hairy, often viscid. Asci 
clavate, apex narrowed, 8-spore(l; spores elongated, arranged in a parallel fascicle, 
cylindrical or very sliglitly thickened above the middle, and inclined to become 
cylindric-clavate, "brown, "septate, usually slightly curved; paraphyses septate, 
brown at the tips, often longer than the asci. Growing on the ground, among 
grass, etc. ’ ’ — Massee. 
