Leptoglossum luteum. (Pk.) Sac.
Figure 423.—Leptoglossum luteum.
Leptoglossum is from two Greek words, meaning thin, delicate, and tongue; luteum means yellowish.
The club is distinct from the stem, smooth, compressed, generally with a groove on one side; luteous, often becoming brown at the tip or apex.
The stem is equal or slightly enlarged above, stuffed, luteous, minutely scaly.
The spores are oblong, slightly curved, in a double row, 1-1000 to 1-800 inch long. Peck.
These are found quite frequently among moss, or where an old log has rotted down, on the north hillsides about Chillicothe. The plants were first described by Dr. Peck as "Geoglossum luteum," but afterwards called by Saccardo "Leptoglossum luteum." The plants in Figure 423 were found in August or September, on Ralston's Run, near Chillicothe, and were photographed by Dr. Kellerman.