GEOGLOSSUM h i r s ü t ü m .
Hairy Earth-tongue.
Class and Order CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Z,mn— N at. Ord. PUNGI, Link,
Grev.
GENEBIC CHARACTER.
Hymenium hreve, clavifarme, stipitatum, plerumque compressum, a stipite subdis-
tinctum, sed vero discretum.— Genus colore nigricante vel obscure viridi.
Hymenium short, club-shaped, furnished w ith a stipes, mostly compressed,
somewhat confluent with the stipes, b u t tru ly distinct.—Colour of the
whole genus blackish or dull green.
SPECIFIC c h a r a c t er .
G eoglossum hirsutum ; hirsutum nigrum.
G. hairy, black.
Geoglossum hirsutum ; Pers. Comment, p. 37-—Syn. Fung. p. 608.—Mycol.
Europ. V. 1. p. 194.—Alb. et Schwein. p. 294— Nees’ Syst. t. 17- f- 157-—
Schmidt et Kunze, St. Exsicc. No. 122 Moug. et Nestl. St. Exsicc. No. 94.
— Schwein. Fung. Carol. No. 1114— Fries. Syst. v. 1. p. 488.—Grev. FI.
Edin. p. 416.
C l a v a r i a o p h io g lo s s o id e s , Schmid, icon. t. 2 5 .—Holmsk. Coryph. p . J 8. c um
ic o n e .—Smv. Fung. t.'8 3 .—Schoeff. Fung. t. 3Z7.— With. Bot. Arr. v. 4.
p . isS5.— Purt. Midi. FI. v . 3. p . 4 7 2 .
H ab. In moist grassy places, not unfrequent.
Entire plant 2 - 3 in c h e s h ig h , s c a tte r e d , e re c t, b la c k . Stipes c o v e re d w ith
s h o r t b la c k h a ir s , c y lin d r ic a l, s t r a ig h t o r c ro o k e d , so lid , o f a p a l e r colo
u r w ith in . Hymenium d is tin c t f rom th e s tip e s , b u t a p p e a r in g to p a s s
in to it, p lic a te to w a r d s it s b a s e , s om ew h a t c om p re s s e d , o f a n o b lo n g ,
o v a te , o r ev e n som e tim e s r o u n d is h fig u re . Fructificaiion th e sam e a s in
G. viscosum.
The hairy stipes with which this plant is furnished, is a
sufficient mark of distinction; no other species having been yet
found to possess a similar character.
Fig. 1. Plants, nat. size. Fig. 2. A section. Fig. 3. A small portion o f the
hymenium. Fig. 4. TheccB and Paraphyses (barren fdaments) . Fig. 5.
Sporidia ? ~ A ll but the two Jirst magnified.
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