256 Mas see. — A Monograph of the Geoglosseae. 
narrowly cylindrical, 8- 1 o-septate, almost as long as the ascus ; 
paraphyses not seen. 
Syn. — Geoglossum flavum , Gillet, Disc. France, 24, with a fig., 1879. 
Leptoglossum flavum , Sacc., Syll. viii, n. 159, 1889. 
Hab . — Among moss. 
Distr .-— F ranee. 
Spathularia velutipes, Cooke and Far low, Grev. xii, 37, 1883; 
Farlow, Appalachia, iii, 245, 1884; Sacc., Syll. viii, n. 164, 1889. 
(PI. XIII, Figs. 85-88.) 
Gregarious, entire fungus 3-5 cm. high; ascigerous portion 
spathulate, even, margin somewhat wavy, laterally compressed, 
decurrent down opposite sides of the stem, hollow, 1-5-2 cm. high, 
1-1-5 cm. wide, tawny yellow; stem hollow, nearly equal, minutely 
velvety, dark brown with an orange tinge. Ascus clavate, apex 
narrowed, not blue with iodine, 85-100x10-11 /x; spores 8, 
arranged in a parallel fascicle, filiform-clavate, apex only slightly 
thicker than the base, slightly curved, multiguttulate, 55-60x1 *5/*; 
paraphyses numerous, cylindrical, septate, not thickened at the 
strongly curved tips, 2 /x thick. 
Fxs. — Fills and Everh., N. Amer. Fung. ser. 2, n. 2029. 
Hab . — On mossy trunks in damp woods. 
Distr . — United States (White Mountains and Lake Willoughby, 
Vt., Farlow). 
This species is common in the region of the White Mountains and 
Lake Willoughby, Vt., and has been found also in other States. 
It has generally been named by American collectors Spathularia 
flavida, but it differs widely from that species. The substance is 
firm and even tough, and specimens shrink comparatively little in 
drying. The fungus is seldom more than two inches high, and the 
stipe is of a dark velvety brown, while the hymenium is somewhat 
yellow, but never of the bright yellow colour of S. flavida 
(Farlow, l.c.). 
A note on the label accompanying the specimens sent to Cooke 
by Professor Farlow reads as follows : ‘ This is a common Spathu- 
laria in the colder parts of New England, where it grows on mossy 
logs in places which are somewhat moist, but not very wet. The 
dried specimen gives a good idea of the habit and colour when fresh, 
as it changes very little in drying.’ 
