268 Mas see. — A Monograph of the Geoglosseae. 
Mitrula Berterii, Montag., Ann. Sci. Nat. s 6 r. ii, t. 3, 351, 1835 ; 
Mont., in Flor. Chil. (Crypt.) 397, Atlas, pi. 8, f. 5, 1850; Sacc., 
Syll. viii, n. 117, 1889; Cke ., Mycogr. 104, fig. 180, 1876. (PI. XII, 
Figs. 33“35-) 
Gregarious, entire fungus 2-4 cm. high ; ascigerous portion narrowly 
cylindrical, both ends slightly narrowed, glabrous, blackish brown with 
a tinge of purple, 7-14 mm. long, about 2 mm. thick; stem similarly 
coloured to the fertile portion, and a little thinner, straight or flexuous. 
Asci narrowly cylindric-clavate, apex slightly narrowed, pore blue with 
iodine, 70-80x5 spores 8, obliquely i-seriate, or inclined to be 
2 -seriate upwards, hyaline, continuous, smooth, usually slightly curved, 
linear-elliptic, 7-10 x 1-5-2 /*; paraphyses slender, tips slightly clavate 
and tinged with brown or red. 
Syn. — Mitrula vinosa, Berk., Flor. Tasm. ii, 273, i860; Cke., 
Mycogr. 104, f. 181, 1876; Sacc., Syll. viii, n. 118, 1889. 
Hab.— On rotten wood and bark. 
Distr. — Juan Fernandez ( Bertero ), Tasmania (Archer), New Zealand 
(Colenso, n. 407 b). 
A portion of the type of M. Berterii, collected by Bertero in Juan 
Fernandez, was sent to Berkeley by Montagne, and is now in the 
Kew Herbarium ; this has been examined, along with Berkeley’s type 
of M. vinosa , and the two prove to be identical in every respect. 
Mitrula Saeeardoa, Bagnis, Micol. Romana, in R. Acad, del 
Lincei, ser. iii, 1, 839, pi. 1, f. 5, 1887; Sacc., Syll. viii, n. 106, 1889. 
Ascigerous portion globose-ovoid, stout, apical portion vinous purple, 
lower part white ; stem stuffed, yellowish white. Asci linear-clavate ; 
spores 8, hyaline, tinged vinous, guttulate, asperulate. 
Hab. — On fallen and decayed stems and leaves. 
Distr. — Italy (outside the gate of St. Pancrazio, Rome, Bagnis). 
Apparently a very fine and distinct species, but rather imperfectly 
described. The somewhat coarse figure shows the entire fungus to 
be 7-5-8 cm. high ; ascigerous portion elliptical, 2-5-3 X 1 cm - stem 
5 cm. high, 3 mm. thick at the apex, slightly tapering towards the 
base, inclined to be flexuous ; spores obliquely 1 -seriate, 20-24 X 7-9 ^ 
Mitrula serpentina, Massee. (PI. XIII, Fig. 68.) 
Usually tufted, entire fungus dingy yellowish green or olive-green, 
stem usually paler, 2-4 cm. high, sometimes much larger ; ascigerous 
