Parr 1, 1910] FIMETARIACEAE 85 
3. Sporormia intermedia Auersw. Hedwigia 7: 67. 1868. 
Perithecia sunken and scattered, or more often aggregate into small clusters and erum- 
pent by pushing up small areas of the substratum which fall away and leave the small 
clusters of perithecia exposed, subglobose with a small, black, shining, papilliform beak, 
175-225 » in diameter, coriaceous or often slightly brittle, always perfectly black and opaque 
when mature; asci 8-spored, clavate, broadly rounded above and contracted below into a 
short, blunt, usually curved base, 24-28 X 170-200, quite persistent, opening by a lid- 
like or a thimble-like rupture when the perforate membrane becomes plainly visible ; para- 
physes filiform, septate and constricted below, sparingly branched, longer than the asci and 
mixed with them; spores in 2-3 series and overlapping, 3-septate, deeply constricted, 
cylindric, straight or slightly curved, broadly rounded at the ends, 9-11 x 48-60 ; hyaline 
envelope surrounding the entire spore, swelling greatly in water and showing striations 
continuous with the septa of the spore. 
On dung of rabbits, horses, cows, sheep, prairie-dogs, and dogs. 
TYPE LocaLiry: Europe. 
DISTRIBUTION : Vermont to Oregon, California, and Mississippi; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Hedwigia7: f/. 1, f.4; A. Berl. Ic. Fung. 1: fl. 29, f.2; Mem. Torrey Club 
MW: pl. 15, f. 19-21. a uae . 
4. Sporormia leporina Niessl, Oesterr. Bot. Zeits. 28: 44, 96. 1878. 
Perithecia sunken and scattered or aggregate in small, loose clusters which become 
erumpent and form small elevations of the material of the substratum, which, on disinte- 
grating, leaves the perithecia exposed, 150-180 200-225 1, subglobose to ovoid, with a papilli- 
form or conic beak, thin, membranaceous or often inclined to be brittle, black and shining 
above; asci 8-spored, cylindric, broadly rounded above and contracted below into a short, 
blunt stipe, persisent, 12-16 « 105-1354; paraphyses filiform, septate, constricted especially 
below, sparingly branched, abundant, longer than the asci and mixed with them ; spores 
obliquely 2-seriate, cylindric, 3-septate, deeply constricted, easily separable, rounded at the 
ends, 5-6 X 32-35 #, ranging from hyaline when young through yellow to dark-brown and 
opaque; hyaline envelope becoming prominent in water and evidently striate correspond- 
ing with the septation of the spores. 
On rabbit dung; also cultivated on the dung of horses and cows. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Europe. 
DISTRIBUTION : New York, New Jersey, and Ontario ; also in Europe. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: A. Berl. Ic. Fung. 1: pl. 28, 7.3; Mem. Torrey Club 11: pl. 0, f. 19-21. 
5. Sporormia lata D. Griff. Mem. Torrey Club 11: 110. 1901. 
Perithecia scattered, sunken and firmly attached to the substratum by an abundance 
of fine, white rhizoids, about 375 600%, subglobose to ovoid with a short, papilliform, 
bare, black, and shining beak, membranaceous to coriaceous, black and opaque; asci 
8-spored, cylindric, broadly rounded above and narrowed below into a short, stout, blunt 
stipe, persistent, 30-35 x 260-3204; paraphyses filiform, septate, richly branched, very 
numerous, slightly longer than the asci and mixed with them’; spores 1-seriate, ovoid to 
broad-cylindric, broadly rounded at the ends, 16-18 X 45-48 », 3-septate, deeply constricted 
but not easily separable; hyaline envelope prominent and swelling greatly in water. 
On rabbit dung. 
TYPE LOCALITY: peepee asthe nee inate 
DISTRIBUTION : Known only from the type locality. 
ILLUSTRATION : Mem. Torrey Club 11: p/. 16, f. 10-22, 
6. Sporormia pulchella E. C. Hansen, Vidensk. 
Meddel. 1876: 320. 1877. 
Perithecia scattered, sunken, erumpent and more or less superficial at maturity, glo- 
bose, with a papilliform to short-cylindric, black, naked, curved or straight beak which may 
be lighter-colored at the very apex, 180-300 x 300-4502, including beak, thin, membra- 
naceous, black and opaque ; asci 8-spored, cylindric, broadly rounded at the apex and 
slightly contracted below into a short, comparatively wide, blunt stipe, persistent, 10-13 
135-180; paraphyses filiform, septate, branched, mixed with the asci and about equal- 
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