Massee . — A Monograph of the Geoglosseae. 295 
Apparently a very remarkable species, respecting which more 
requires to be known. If the spores are truly coloured, the fungus 
cannot remain in the present genus, neither does it agree with any 
other genus at present established. 
Spragueola, Massee . 
Ascophore sessile, subglobose, irregularly nodulose, glabrous, solid, 
hymenium covering the entire surface, attached to the substratum by 
radiating mycelium. Asci narrowly cylindric-clavate, apex slightly 
truncate or obtuse, pore blue with iodine ; spores 8, obliquely 
1 -seriate, continuous, hyaline, smooth, elliptical; paraphyses slender, 
septate. 
Spragueola, Massee, Journ. Bot. xxxiv, 144, pi. 357, figs. 8-9, 1896. 
Mitrula , Berk., Grev. iii, 149, 1875. 
The validity of the present genus is not entirely beyond doubt, 
partly owing to the fact that, so far as I am aware, only two specimens 
are known; these are in the Kew Herbarium. Differs from every 
other genus included in the Geoglosseae in being absolutely sessile, 
the ascophore being irregularly globose, coarsely nodulose, solid, and 
everywhere covered by the hymenium. Mitrula is the genus most 
nearly approached in the structure of the asci and spores. 
Distr. — One species; United States. 
Spragueola americana, Massee , Journ. Bot. xxxiv, 144, pi. 357, 
figs. 8, 9, 1896. (PI. XIII, Figs. 74, 76.) 
Ascophore subglobose, attached by a broad base, coarsely 
nodulose, glabrous, 1 -5-2*5 cm. high and broad, pale ochraceous tan 
(when dry), fleshy, solid, internally white. Asci narrowly cylindric- 
clavate, apex obtuse, pore blue with iodine, 70-80 x 5-6 /* ; spores 8, 
obliquely 1 -seriate, continuous, hyaline, elliptical, smooth, ends obtuse, 
6-5-7 X 3-5 /* ; paraphyses slender, septate, slightly clavate, straight. 
Syn. — Mitrula crispata , Fries, Berk., N. Amer. Fung. n. 704*, in 
Grev. iii, 142, 1875. 
Hab. — On the ground among pine leaves. 
Distr. — United States (New England, Sprague , n. 5785). 
As to what Spathularia crispata , Fries, really is, we shall never 
know, as it has not been described. In first mentioning the name— 
Summ. Veg. Scand. 347 (1846) — Fries, in contrasting it with S.flavida, 
says, ‘ A priori distinctissima ! ’ Fuckel accepts as the species of 
