312 BKITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



Hanham, near Bristol (Mr. C. E. Broome). Hereford- 

 shire ! (Mr. Renny). Church Stretton, Salop ! 



14. Ascophanus consociatus. (B. and Br.) 



Cups gregarious, subhemispherical ; externally rugose, 

 granulated, pallid-yellow or whitish; asci broadly cla- 

 vate, short; sporidia 8, biseriate, broadly fusiform, 

 granular within, 10 X 6/x; paraphyses filiform. 



Ascobolus consociatus B. and Br., " Ann. Nat. Hist.," 

 No. 1491, t. 2, f. 7; "Grevillea," iii. p. 123. 



On the remains of Sphceria cupulifera, on wood. 



Cups 100 to 150/z broad. The sporidia are very 

 faintly tinted with yellow, and coarsely granular within. 



Name Consocio, to associate ; gregarious. 



Langridge (Mr. C. E. Broome). 



15. Ascophanus pilosus. (Fries.) 



Minute, sessile, yellow, testaceous-yellow or tawny- 

 orange ; externally pilose, with long pallid or yellowish, 

 nonseptate hairs, incrassated near the base ; hymenium 

 papillate, margin naked ; asci clavate ; sporidia 8, hyaline, 

 oblong-elliptic, smooth, 20 X 10^ ; paraphyses slender, 

 septate, simple or branched, hyaline, but filled with 

 orange-yellow granules. 



Ascobolus pilosus Fries, "Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 164; 

 " Summa Veg. Scan.," p. 358 ; Crouan, " Flo. Fin.," p. 55 ; 

 NyL, " Fez. Fenn," p. 86 ; Cooke, " Grevillea," iv. p. 112. 

 Peziza equina, Muell, var. pilosa Karst., " Myco. Fenn.," 

 p. 73. Ascophanus pilosus Boud., " Ascob.," p. 64, t. xii., 

 42-44; Pat., p. 211, f. 487. 



On grouse-dung. 



Cups 100/i broad. Referred to A. pilosus as a variety, 

 but the specimens were more minute than usual, scarcely 

 visible to the naked eye (M. C. Cooke). 



Name Pilosus, hairy. 



Bannock, N.B. (Dr. Buchanan White). 



Var. ciliatus. (B. and Br.) 



Sessile, subhemispherical, smooth, orange ; hymenium 

 plane; margin swollen, white, not ciliated; furnished 



