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1359. Leotia lubrica. Pers. Cooke Myco. t. 44, f. 171. 
Sacc. Syll. 2510. 
Tremellose ; pileus tumid, repand, greenish yellow (scarcely 3 
c.m. diam.) ; stem hollow, equal, yellow (3-6 c.m. long) ; asci 
clayate, 90 x 12 p. Sporidia ellipsoid, navicular, hyaline, 2-4 
nucleate, 18-24x5 /x ; paraphyses filiform, clavulate above, 
greenish. 
On moist ground. Victoria. Tasmania. (Fig. 142.) 
Genus 9. GEOGXOSSUM. Pers. 
Fungi clavate, erect, smooth or hairy, covered everywhere by 
the hymenium ; confluent with the sterile stem ; sporidia 
cylindrical, many septate, coloured. 
* Clubs setose. 
1360. Geoglossum hirsntum. Pers. Syn. 608. Cooke 
Myco. t. 1, f. 3. Sacc. Syll. vm., 150. 
Clavate, hairy, black ; clubs for the most part elongated, com- 
pressed (1-3 in. high) ; stem erect ; asci fusoid-clavate, 200x20- 
25 /i. Sporidia fasciculate, rod-shaped, pale brown, curved, 12-15 
septate, 120-150 X 6-8 /a, paraphyses filiform, brownish, articulate, 
clavate and curved at the apex. 
Amongst grass. Victoria. 
var. leotioides. Cooke Qrev. vm., p. 61. 
Clubs inflated, ovate, depressed, overhanging the stem like a 
Leotia, sporidia and hairs as in type. 
On the ground. New Zealand. 
1361. Geoglossum Walter!. Berk in Cooke Myco. t. 1, /. 
4. Sacc. Syll. 149. 
Hairy, dark-brown, becoming black ; clubs spathulate, com- 
pressed, or distinct (about 1 in. high) ; stem slender; asci 
cylindrically clavate ; sporidia curved, 3-7 septate, brown, 100 X 
5-6 fi ; paraphyses septate, circinate above, brownish. 
On stems of Dicksonia. Victoria. 
** Clubs smooth. 
1362. Geoglossum Mueller!. Cooke Myco. t. 1, /. 2. Sacc. 
Syll. 138. 
Smooth, rather viscid, turning black; club compressed (3-4 
m.m.), equal in length and almost distinct from the stem, asci 
fusoid; sporidia 3 septate, brown, fusoid, 60-70x8-10 p ; 
paraphyses septate, brown above and coalescing. 
In grassy places. Victoria. 
1363. Geoglossum glabrum. Pers. Syn. p. 608. Cooke 
Myco. t. 3,/. l.=G. ophioglossoides. Sacc. Syll. 141. 
Smooth, dry, turning black (1-2 in. high) ; stem somewhat 
squamulose ; asci clavate, sporidia cylindrical, curved, 7 septate 
brown, 70-80x7-9 /a; parapiiyses clavate and moniliform above. 
In grassy places. Victoria. Queensland. 
