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660 295. Mitrul. 11. HYMENOTHECEiE. PI. cell. aph.
red.
1 . Mitrula Dicksoni. Dickson's mitre-stool.
Stem pale yellow; cap father clubshape, blunt, hollow,
Clavaria epiphylla, Dickson Crypt. 3,22; Persoon Syn. 612,
In turf-bogs, upon half-rotten-leaves,
ti. Mitrula Heyderi. Heyder's miire-siool.
ThalU scattered, small; club ovate, light chestnut-brown.
Elvella cucullata, Batsck Fung. 189.
Clavaria ferruginea, Soieerby Fungi, 84.
Leotia Mitrula, Persoon Syn. 611.
On fir-leaves; end of autumn.
LIV. 296. LEOTIA. Persoon. Leotia.
Thallus capped, rather gelatinous; cap orbicular, smooth,
edge turned in ; sporidia scattered on the gelatinous upper
surface of the cap.
1 Leotia marcida. Withered leotia.
Thallus yellowish-green, rather gelatinous; stem very
long, narrowed at bottom ; cap flattish, turned up.
Phallus marcidus, Fl. Dan. 654, 1.
Leotia marcida, Persoon Syn. 613.
In woods.
2. Leotia luhrica. Slippery leotia.
Thallus yellowish-green, rather gelatinous ; stem cylindrical;
cap convex,
Helvella gelatinosa, BuU. Herb. 296; Sovoerby Fungi, 70.
Leotia lubrica, Persoon Syn, 613.
In woods, after heavy rains.
LV. 297. HELOTIUM. Persoon. Head-stooL
Thallus with a cap ; cap fleshy, hemispherical, smooth,
edge turned in ; sporidia on the upper surface,
1. Helotium aciculare. Needlelike head-stool.
Thalli in clusters, small, white, lasting; cap at first
slightl}^ hollowed.
Leotia acicularis, Persoon Observ. 2, 20.
Helvella agariciformis, Sowerby Fungi, 67.
Helotium aciculare, Persoon Syn. 677.
On decaj'ed oak-leaves.
Stem often branched : cap consists of thecae each filled
with S sporidia.