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C. E. Broome). Twycross (Rev. A. Bloxam). Forden, 

 Montgomeryshire ! (Rev. J. E. Vize). Lynn ! (Mr. C. B. 

 Plo wright). 



12. Ascophanus ochraceus. (Crouan.) 



Minute, pallid-ochraceous or ochraceous; hymenium 

 convex, minutely papillate ; asci somewhat fusiform or 

 elavate; sporidia 8, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, smooth, 

 hyaline, 16 X 9/x; paraphyses simple or branched, septate, 

 slightly thickened above, often curved. 



Ascobolus ochraceus — Crouan, " Flo. Fin.," p. 57 ; 

 Cooke, "Grevillea," v. p. 62; Gill., "Champ.," p. 143. 

 Ascophanus ochraceus — Boud., " Ascob.," p. 57, 1. 11, f. 34. 



Exs. — Cooke, " Fung. Brit.," ed. ii. 559. 



On old cow-dung. Rare. 



About J a line broad, fleshy, glabrous. 



Name — Ochra, ochre ; the colour of ochre. 



Shrewsbury 1 



13. Ascophanus sexdecimsporus. (Crouan.) 



Scattered, minute, sessile, hemispherical, plane or 

 slightly convex, glabrous, white, then greyish-white, at 

 length clear yellowish-white; asci oblong, broad, nar- 

 rowed at the base ; sporidia 16, elliptic, hyaline, smooth, 

 11 X 6/x; paraphyses colourless, simple or branched 

 below, straight or curved at the apex, where they are a 

 little thickened. 



Ascobolus sexdecimsporus — Crouan, "Ann. Sc. Nat.," 

 1858, vol. x. p. 195, t. 13 e, fig. 21-26; "Flo. Fin.," 

 p. 56; Cooke, "Jour. Bot.," 1864, fig. 9; B. and Br. 

 "Ann. Nat. Hist." No. 1091, t. 17, f. 35; Cooke, 

 " Handbk." No. 2211. Ascophanus sexdecimsporus — 

 Boud., "Ann. Sc. Nat.," 1869, vol. x. t. 11, f. 35; "Ascob.," 

 p. 57. 



In marshes, on droppings of cows and horses. 

 October. 



Cups J to 1 line broad. 



Name — Sexdecim, sixteen, a-n-opog, a seed. 



