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to which they refer — all from America — being too closely intergraded 
for specific separation. 
Two extreme forms of this series occur in Vermont, but with such 
close agreement in their spores and paraphyses as to favor Massee’s 
conclusion. These forms are : — 
a. Geoglossum rufum Schw. of Schweinitz’s Syn. Fung. Amer. Bor. 
n. ioii. Fructification glabrous, rufous, subrugose, more than 2j4 cm. 
high; ascigerous portion broadly clavate, obtuse at the apex; spores 
28-36 x 5 fx ; paraphyses with the tips strongly curved. (Figs. 9 and 9 a.) 
Amongst sphagnum, Lake Dunmore ( Fcirlow ), September. 
This specimen was determined by Dr. Farlow as G. rufum Schw. 
b. Geoglossum Interim Pk. of Rep. N. Y. Mus. 24 : 94. Fructifica¬ 
tions more dingy yellow in color; ascigerous portion usually narrower; 
stem minutely squamulose ; spores 26-36 x 5 /x ; paraphyses less strongly 
curved. (Fig. 10.) Immature specimens agree with the description 
and figures of Mitrula lutescens B. & C. 
Very common. On mossy banks and on humus of wood in woods, 
Belden’s Falls, South Lincoln Notch, Lake Dunmore ( Burt ). July 20, 
September 2, 9 and 14. 
A Lake Dunmore collection has been seen by Mr. Peck and the 
determination as Leptoglossum Interim (Pk.) authenticated. 
Mitrula cucullata Fr. has been collected in New York and Massachusetts and 
is to be looked for in Vermont. The fructifications grow on the fallen leaves of pine and 
various conifers and are from 1-2 cm. high; ascigerous portion irregularly obovoid, 
orange-yellow or orange-brown; stem very slender, usually crooked, glabrous, brown; 
spores 12-18 x 3 [i. 
Leotia. 
21. Leotia lubrica Pers. Fructifications gregarious or in small 
clusters, somewhat gelatinous, 4-8 cm. long ; ascigerous portion yellow¬ 
ish green to dark-green ; stem not squamulose ; spores finally 5-septate, 
20-24 x 5 - 6 /x. (Fig. 12.) 
Common on damp ground in woods, Lake Hortonia, Abby Pond, 
South Lincoln Notch (Burt), August 15, 28, September 2. 
Spragueola Americana Massee has been founded on a single New England 
collection by Sprague and should be especially looked for. The genus belongs in the 
section with Mitrula but differs from Mitrula in having the ascigerous portion strictly 
sessile. The fructification is subglobose in form, 1^-2^ cm. diam., coarsely nodulose, 
glabrous, pale ochraceous tan; spores obliquely uniseriate, continuous, 6^-7 x 3 y 2 fi. 
Mitrula crispata Fr. in Berk. Notices N. A. Fungi No. 704.* Grev. 3 : 149. 
Middi.ebury College, Middlebury, Vt. 
Explanation of Plate 4.'—Fig. 1, Morchella conica (copied from Cooke’s 
Mycographia), x % ; fig. 1 a, ascus containing 8 spores, x 200; fig. 1 b, 2 spores, i.e. 
ascospores, x 333. hig. 2, Gyromitra esculenta (copied from Gillet’s Discomycetes), x 7J. 
Fig. 3, Helvetia esculenta : d, its ascigerous portion; e, its stem, x Lb Fig. 4, Geoglos¬ 
sum Farlowi; d, its ascigerous portion; e, its stem, x Lf; fig. 4 a, seta from hymenium, 
x 200; fig. 4 1 >, ascus containing 8 spores, x 200; fig. 4c, 3 paraphyses, x 200. Fig. 5, 
Geoglossum Feckianwn , x %; fig, 5 a, 2 of its paraphyses, x 200; fig. 5 b, a spore, 
