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L E O T IA U L IG IN O SA .
Marsh Leotia.
C la s s a n d O b d e e CEYPTOGAMIA l'UNGI, « « » .—N a t . O ed . FUNGI, Link.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus ovato-conicus aut orbicularis, fructificatione undique instructus, margine
libero stipitem arete ambienti.
Pileus ovate-conical or orbicular, wholly occupied by the fructification ;
the margin free, closely embracing the stipes.
SPECIFIC CnARACTER.
L e o t i a uliginosa; subgregaria; píleo flavo, plus minusve ovato, obtuso ; sti-
L. somewhat gregarious ; pileus yellow, more or less ovate, obtuse ; stipes
pale.
L e o t i a uliginosa, Pers. Mycol. Europ. v. 1. p. 200— Grev. El. Edin. p. 416.
L e o t i a epiphylla. Hook. FI. Scot. Pt. 2. p. SO.
L e o t i a Rudwigii, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 611. t. g. f. 13— Alb. et Schwein.
p. 296.
L e o t i a Bulliardi, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 612.—FI. Dan. t. 1377.—Schwein.
Fung. Carol. No. 1118.
L e o t i a Dicksoni, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 612.
L e o t i a laricina, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 614.
M i t r u l a p a lu d o s a . Fries, Syst. Myc. v. 1. p . 4 9 1 .
C l a v a r i a e p ip h y lla , Dicks. Crypt, fa s c . 3. p . 22. t . 9. f. 10.— With. Bot. Arr.
V. 4. p . 4 3 0 .—Sow. Fung. t. 29 3 .
C l a v a r i a phalloides. Bull. Champ, p. 214. t. 463. £ S.
H e l v e l l a Bulliardi, De Cand. FI. Franç. v. 2. p. 95.
H e l v e l l a laricina. Fill. Delpli. t. 55.Jide De Cand.
H a b . Among dead leaves and mosses in damp or watery shady places.
Summer and autumn, not unfrequent.
Gregarious, occasionally somewhat tufted. Whole plant from one to three
inches high, succulent and brittle, perfectly glabrous, hollow, and sometimes
filled with water. Head or Pileus more or less ovate, b u t liable
to great variation in form, very obtuse at the summit, of a delicate
brig h t orange-yellow colour, and wax-like consistence : the interior in
the early state containing a mass of fine white silky filaments, afterwards
quite hollow. Stipes mostly crooked, cylindrical, w hite pinkish or yellowish,
hollow, attenuated towards the base, where it often becomes of