294 Mas see, — A Monograph of the Geoglosseae. 
Leotia verpoides, Massee. 
Ascigerous portion discoid, rotund, yellowish, margin entire, re- 
curved, disk dry, wrinkled, even below, pallid, 4 mm. broad ; stem 
2-3 cm. long, 2 mm. thick, dilated, contorted, brown. 
Syn. — Peziza verpoides , Sauter, Hedw., 1876, 149. 
Phialea verpoides , Sacc., Syll. viii, n. 1081, 1889. 
Cudoniella verpoides , Rehm, Kr.-Fl., n. 5886, 1896. 
Hab. — On rotten beech wood. 
Distr. — Germany (Salsburg). 
This species may possibly prove to belong to Heloiium rather than 
to Leotia. 
Leotia rufa, Rostrup , Fung. Groenl. 536, 1888; Sacc., Syll. viii, 
n. 2517, 1889. 
Ascigerous portion wavy, margin revolute, 1-2 mm. broad, rufous ; 
stem unequally terete, rufo-ferruginous, 5-6 mm. high. Asci terete- 
clavate, pedicellate, 60-70 x 2 /x; spores (?). 
Hab. — Among moss. 
Distr. — Greenland (Agdluitsok). 
Leotia fructigena, Massee. 
Ascigerous portion hemispherical, ochraceous, 1 mm. diameter; 
stem 1 cm. high, 0-5 mm. thick, white. Asci 200-220x6-7 /x; 
spores 25-45 x 5 /x, 1-3-septate, hyaline. 
Syn. — Cudoniella fructigena , Rostrup, Meddel. om Groenland, iii, 
591, 1891 ; Sacc., Syll. Suppl. xi, n. 2407, 1895. 
Hab. — On fruits of Archangelica officinalis. 
Distr. — Greenland. 
Judging from the habitat, this species may prove to belong to the 
genus Helotium. 
Leotia elegantula, Kalchbr., Grev. x, 143, 1882; Sacc., Syll. viii, 
n. 2516, 1889. 
Subsolitary ; ascigerous portion the size of a pea, convex, margin 
involute, somewhat shining, blackish brown with a purple tinge ; rugose 
and almost lamellose below, ochraceous tan ; stem cylindrical, equal, 
base dilated, pulverulent, ochraceous tan, 2-5 cm. long, 3 mm. thick. 
Spores shortly ovate, tinged brown, translucent, 9 x 6 /x. 
Hab . — (?) 
Distr. — S. Africa (Somerset East, MacOwan, n. 1310). 
