274 Mas see. —A Monograph of the Geoglosseae. 
Mitrula elegans, Fries, Symb. Nov. 119, 1851; Berk., Grev. iii, 
149, 1875; Hedw. 1875, 9; Cooke, Mycogr. 104, fig. 182, 1875; 
Sacc., Syll. n. 119, 1889. 
Gregarious, entire fungus 4-7 cm. high, dingy yellow when dry ; 
ascigerous portion narrowly obovate, laterally compressed and slightly 
decurrent down opposite sides of the stem, glabrous, even, 4-7 mm. 
high ; stem elongated, slender, almost equal throughout, sometimes 
forked, glabrous, 3-4 mm. thick. Asci narrowly clavate, apex slightly 
narrowed, pore blue with iodine, 100x8-9 /x; spores 8, 2-seriate 
above, 1 -seriate near base of the ascus, smooth, continuous, linear- 
fusiform, usually slightly curved, 12-14 x 3 m; paraphyses slender, 
septate, very slightly thickened at the tip. 
Syn . — Leotia elegans, Berk., Lond. Journ. Bot. v, 6, 1846. 
Hab. — On the ground. 
Distr. — United States ( Greene , n. 66), Ohio (Lindblom). 
A striking species, remarkable for the long, slender stem, which at 
first sight suggests having been drawn up by growing amongst long 
grass or moss, but there are eight specimens in the Berkeley Her- 
barium at Kew, collected by Greene, and the same form was seen by 
Fries, hence it must be assumed to be normal. The stem is some- 
times forked. The colour of the living fungus is not known ; it was 
probably pale yellow. Type examined. 
Mitrula luteola, Ellis, Amer. Nat. xvii, pt. i, 192, 1883; Sacc., 
Syll. Suppl. x, n. 4466, 1892. (PL XII, Figs. 23, 24 a.) 
Entire fungus 1*5-3 cm * high; ascigerous portion ovate or obovate, 
subplicate, usually laterally compressed, slightly decurrent down 
opposite sides of the stem, light yellow, J-f cm. wide ; stem shorter 
than the fertile portion and paler in colour, distinctly tomentose 
throughout its length, often slightly hollow. Asci narrowly cylindric- 
clavate, apex rounded or slightly truncate, not blue with iodine, about 
100 x 6/x; spores 8, obliquely i-seriate, continuous, smooth, elliptical, 
often very slightly inaequilateral, with a very faint tinge of yellow in 
the mass, 6-7 x 3 m ; paraphyses rare, stout, septate. 
Exs. — Ellis, N. Amer. Fung. n. 978. 
Hab. — On the ground among fallen pine leaves in sandy pine 
woods. Solitary or subcaespitose. 
Distr. — United States (Newfield, N.Y., Ellis). 
A very fine and distinct species, known by the tomentose stem, 
