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GEOGLOSSUM v i r i d e .
Green Earth-tongiæ.
Class and Ord e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, L™„._Nax. Ord. PUNGI, Link,
Grev.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
compressum, a stipile subáis-
hnctum, sed vero discreium.-Genus cobre nigricante vel obscure viridi.
Hymenium short club-shaped, furnished with a stipes, mostly compressed
somewhat confluent with the stipes, but truly distinct.-Coloui of the’
whole genus black, or dull green.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
G eoglossum v i r id e ; viride, subfascieulare,
muhso. distinctum, stipite squa-
G- green, somewhat fasciculate; hymenium distinct; stipes minutely scaly.
G eoglossum viride, Pers. Comment, p. 4 0 .-S y n . Fung. p. GlO.-Mycol
n é ó r f i ^ ^ f - f i o e s , Syst. t. 17. f. U S .-S e h um . Sælland,
p. 408.~Kunze et Schmidt, Mycol. Heft. ]. p. 104.
Geoglossum glutinosum, Nees, Syst. 1. 17. f. 159- (non. Pers.-)
lavaría v irid is , Schrad. in Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2. p . 144,3.— FI. Dan. t. 1258.
Clavaria mitrata, var. viridis, Holmsk. Ot. 1. p. 24. cum ic.
Clavaria serpentina, Schranlc. Bav. 2. p. 57 1 . fid. Pers.-lMidl. Fool. Dan.
p* 256.
Clavaria indivisa, viridis, rugosa et compressa, Hall. Hist. p. 125. No 2 2 0 5
P r & 7 ‘^p’*208 serpentiformis, Mich. Nov.
Had. Moist grassy or shady places in autumn. Very rare in Great Biitarn
Banks of the Tweed near Melrose, Mr W a l k e r A r n o t t . A p p in
C a p ta in C a rm i c h a e l . ’
Plant ívora one to nem- three inches in height, gregarious, solitary or seve-
ral growing together, and more or less united at the base in a fasciculate
manner. Clavula distinct, mostly somewhat oblong, and not un-
freqnently compressed and wedge-shaped at the apex, deep green almost
gelaunous in moist weather. Stipes cylindrical, squamulose, of a
pale verdigns-green colour. Hymenium covering the whole davala:
f i r i d f i ’ ^'itermixed with paraphyses, containing about eight oblong