COPROPHILOUS FUNGI OF SOUTH AFRICA. 415 
Stipes ad 41 cm. longitudine, circiter 1 mm. crassitudine, fistulosus, flaccidus, 
hyalinus, in parte inferiore dense pilosus, prope apicem glaber. Spore 
fusco-purpuree, elliptiez, polis obtusis, 12-16 x 6-8 п. 
Hab. in fimo Hippopotami. 
This fungus appears to be closely allied to the well-known Coprinus 
radiatus, Fr., but is much larger in all its parts. The spore measurements 
given above cover what appears to be the normal range, but individual spores 
were seen 20 џ in length. 
2. COPRINUS sp. 
Matoppo Hills. 
Two specimens occurred of a very minute species.  Pileus 1-2 mm., 
pallid, with rust-coloured seurfy patches. Stem 3-1 ст. high, slightly hairy; 
spores elliptical, 11-15 x 6-9 ш. The material was not, however, sufficient 
for identification with any known species nor for a new specific diagnosis. 
PYRENOMYCETE. 
3. SORDARIA CURVULA, De Bary. 
Matoppo Hills. 
Distrib. Europe, North America. 
4. SoRDARIA PLEIOSPORA, Wint. 
Matoppo Hills. 
Distrib. Europe. 
5. SoRDARIA PLATYSPORA, Plowr. 
Matoppo Hills. 
Distrib. Britain. 
6. SORDARIA sp. 
A fungus allied to, but in some respects differing from, S. anserina, Wint.; 
it occurred on Hippopotamus-dung gathered on Livingstone Island, Victoria 
Falls. 
7. DELITsCHIA BISPORULA, Hans. 
Matoppo Hills. 
Distrib. Europe. 
8. DELITSCHIA sp. 
Matoppo Hills. 
Fragments, including large chestnut-brown spores, 45 x 15 p, occurred on 
the dung of a large animal. 
