244 Massee. — A Monograph of the Geoglosseae. 
lanceolate ; spores fasciculate, at first simple or triseptate, then elon- 
gated and 9-1 1 -septate, brown, -002 --005' long [ — about 50-120 /*]> 
paraphyses septate, recurved at the tips. 
Syn. — Geoglossum velutipes , Peck, 28th Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 65, 
1875, figured on pi. 1, f. 16-19, of the 29th Report; Sacc., Syll. viii, 
n. 152, 1889. 
Hab . — Ground in hemlock woods. 
Distr. — United States (Oneida, Northville). 
This species is easily distinguished, both by its somewhat caespitose 
habit and its very black, hairy stem. The difference between the young 
and the mature spores is quite noticeable. I have not seen specimens 
of G. Walteri, a hairy species from Australia ; but as it is said to have 
the spores 7 -septate, it must be distinct from our plant. 
The above is a reproduction of Peck’s description of the species. 
The author depends too implicitly upon the number of septa present 
in the spore, which is indeed a most fallacious character. I have had 
no opportunity of examining specimens, and it is uncertain as to which 
of the forms it is most closely allied. The subcylindrical spores 
and paraphyses recurved at the tips prove it to be a condition of 
G. hirsutum. The figures are represented as bristling with black 
spines all over, but in the description the stem alone is described as 
velvety. 
Form leotioides. (PI. XII, Figs. 8-12.) 
Gregarious, black, entire fungus 1 *5-2-5 cm. high, every part velvety, 
with projecting, spine-like, black cystidia; ascigerous portion globose 
or broadly ovate, hollow, at length collapsing and drooping round the 
stem as in Leotia , up to 1 cm. diameter ; stem erect, equal, straight, 
1*5-2 cm. high, about 2 mm. thick. Asci almost cylindrical, apex 
narrowed, pore blue with iodine, about 230x20/1; spores 8, arranged 
in a parallel fascicle, dingy umber, translucent, 1 7-septate at maturity, 
linear-cylindrical, or very slightly thickened above the middle, ends 
a very little narrowed, usually slightly curved, 150-165x5 n ; para- 
physes slender, straight throughout, septate, tip slightly clavate, umber, 
almost straight, spines acute, black and opaque, numerous, longer 
than the asci. 
Syn. — Geoglossum hirsutum , var. leotioides , Cooke, Grev. viii, 61, 
1879; Sacc., Syll. viii, n. 150, 1889 ; Cke., Hdbk. Austr. Fungi, 251, 
1892. 
