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Pine Leotia.
C l a s s a n d Order CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn.—S a i . Ohd. FUNGI, Link,
Grev.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus ovato-conicus aut orbicularis, fructificatione undique inslrucius, margine libero,
stipitem arete ambienti.
Pileus ovate-conical or orbicular, wholly occupied by the fructification; the
margin free, closely embracing the stipes.
S PE C IF IC CHARACTER.
L eotia Mitrula; gregaria, subminuta, pileo ovato, fiano-ferrugineo; stipite basi
attenuato, et Jlexuoso.
L. gregarious, rather minute; pileus ovate, yellowish, reddish-brown; stipes
attenuated and flexuose at the base.
L eotia Mitrula, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 6n.~EJusd. Mycol. Europ. v. 1. p. I99.
—Alb. el Schw. Conspect. Fung. p. I 95.—Schmidt et Kuntz, PI. Exsicc.
No. 98.— Grev. FI. Edin. ined.
L e o t i a pusilla, Nees, Syst. p. 173. t. 17 . f, I 60.
Mitróla Heyderi, Pers. Disp. Meth. Fung. p. 36. t. 3. f. 12.—FI. Dan.
t. 1670— Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. 1. p. 66O.
Mitróla H eyderia Abietis, Fries, Syst. Mycol. v. 1. p. 492.
M i t r ó l a H e y d e r i a pusilla. Fries, 1. c. p. 493.
Clavaria ferruginea. Soni. Fung. t. 84.
E l v e l l a cuculiata, Batsch. Flench. Fung. Coni. 1. t. 26. f. 132.
H ab. In Fir-woods, especially under the Larch and Spruce Fir. Autumn.
Woods at Balmuto, Fifeshire.—In England, I am not aware of any one
having found it except Sowerby, who met with it near Norwich, as early
as 1794.
Plant extremely gregarious, and varying much in size. Pileus from half a
line to three lines from the base to its apex, o f an ovate form generally
speaking, but by no means constant ; it is however always smooth, more
or less of a yellowish-red or pale cinnamon colour, and subcarnose texture.
The margin embraces the stipes so closely, as at first sight to appear
confluent with it. Within, the pileus is whitish-brown, and some-
what pithy. Hymenium occupying the whole surface of the pileus. Sporules
roundish, in short hyaline tubes. Stipes rather firm, slender, half
an inch to above one inch high, o f a darker color than the pileus, smooth,
solid, attenuated and flexuose at the base.