66 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLuME 3 
above and tapering below into a short stipe, 20-30 X 150-210“; paraphyses filiform, sep- 
tate, agglutinate, longer than the asci; spores obliquely 1-seriate, ovoid, broadly rounded 
at the ends and often inequilateral, 12-14 < 26-34, ranging from hyaline when young 
through yellow to dark-brown and opaque, with the hyaline envelope prominent and swell- 
ing greatly when placed in water. 
Type on rabbit dung ; American specimens on dung of horses and cows. 
TYPE LOCALITY : Leipzig, Germany. 
DISTRIBUTION : Michigan to Montana and ape also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATION: Mem. Torrey Club 11: Al. 4, f. 4 
2. Fimetaria minima (Sacc. & Sas Griffiths & Seaver. 
Sordaria minima Sacc. & Speg.; Sacc. Michelia 1: 373. 1878. 
Hypocopra minima Sacc, Syll. Fung. 1: 244. 1882, 
Perithecia scattered, superficial or more often with sunken base, 100-150 & 150-180 p, 
thin, membranaceous, dark-brown to black with cellular structure usually invisible, pyri- 
form to conic with papilliform to blunt and truncate beak; exposed portion covered with 
minute papillae; asci 8-spored, cylindric, broadly rounded to truncate and perforate above, 
and slightly contracted below into a short blunt stipe, 5-8 X 60-85; paraphyses filiform 
but wide in comparison with the ascus, septate, equal to the ascusor slightly longer ; spores 
1-seriate, ellipsoid to subglobose, prominently 2-guttulate when young but becoming indis- 
tinctly so at maturity and entirely homogeneous in age, hyaline when young, varying 
through olivaceous to dark-brown and opaque, varying but little from 5 X 8x. 
Type on cow dung ; American specimen on goat dung. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Italy 
DISTRIBUTION : New Jersey ; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS : Mem. Torrey Club 11: £1. 3, f. 25-27; Sacc, Fungi Ital. pl. 617. 
3. Fimetaria macrospora (Auersw.) Griffiths & Seaver. 
Sordaria macrospora Auersw.; Rab. Fungi Eur. 954. 1866.—Hedwigia 5: 192. 1866, 
Hypocopra macrospora Sacc. Syll. Fung. 1: 241. 1882. 
Pleurage macrospora Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 3°: 505. 1898. 
Perithecia scattered and sunken with a short papilliform to enlarged globose, naked 
beak, about 350 5504, pyriform, thin, membranaceous, black; asci 8-spored, cylindric, 
broadly rounded above and contracted below into a long stout stipe, persistent, 255-280 
20-25; paraphyses abundant, ventricose, agglutinate, longer than the asci but not 
mixed with them; spores obliquely 1-seriate, ellipsoid, broadly rounded at the ends, 
15-18 XX 25-34 u, with the hyaline envelope prominent and swelling greatly in water. 
On dung of rabbits, mice, horses, and sheep. 
TYPE LOCALITY : Europe. 
DISTRIBUTION : Texas; also in Europe 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Mem. Torrey Club Ii: 45, f.2,; Verh. Nat. Ver. Briinn 10?: £1. 6, f. 4. 
4. Fimetaria fimicola (Roberge) Griffiths & Seaver. 
Sphaeria fimicola Roberge; Desmaz. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 11: 353. 1849, 
Sordaria fimicola Ces. & De-Not. Comm. Critt. Ital. 1: 226. 1863. 
Sphaeria equina Fuckel, Fungi Rhen. 1802. 1866. 
Hypocopra fimicola Sace. Syll. Fung. 1: 240. 1882. 
Sordaria towana Ellis & Holway; Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 4: 65. 1888. 
Hypocopra iowana Sacc. Syll. Fung. 9: 490, 1891. 
Sordaria ostiolata Ellis & Ev. Bull. Torrey Club 24: 458. 1897. 
Perithecia scattered, or aggregate into a layer which forms a complete covering for the 
substratum, usually sunken at first and erumpent later, or superficial from the first, 240-300 
X 325-525 #, thin, membranaceous, with cellular structure usually plainly visible, hyaline 
when young, ranging through greenish to dark-brown or black, pyriform with papilliform 
or slightly elongate black beak which may be smooth or slightly roughened with minute 
papillae; asci 8-spored, cylindric, broadly rounded to truncate, perforate at the apex and 
tapering below into a short blunt stipe-like base, 16-19 X 140-1604, rather persistent ; 
paraphyses ventricose, agglutinate, longer than the asci; spores obliquely 1-seriate, ellip- 
soid, rounded at the ends, but evidently more acutely so below, 11-13 X 16-234; germ- 
pore apical, circular and situated in the lower more acutely rounded end of the spore; 
