ASCOBOLUS 2^9 



p. 374 ; Cooke, " Jour. Bot," 1864, f. 4 ; B. and Br., " Ann. 

 Nat. Hist.," 1085*, t. 16, f. 27; Crouan, "Flo. Finn.," p. 

 57; Nyl., " Pez. Fenn.," p. 83; Karst., "Myco. Fenn.," 

 p. 78; Boud., "Ascob.," p. 33, t. 7, f. 13-15; Fckl, 

 "Symb. Myco.," p. 287; Cooke, "Handbk.," No. 2203; 

 Gill., "Champ.," p. 145. Ascobolus albidus — Crouan, 

 "Ann. Sc. Nat." (1858), t. 13, f. 1-6; " Flo. Fin.," p. 57. 



Exs. — Karst., " Fung. Fenn.," 542. 



On cow-dung, horse-dung, and rabbit-dung. Autumn. 



Cups about J to J a line broad ; they are decidedly 

 pyriform when removed from the matrix. The convex 

 disc is covered with black papillse, which are the summits 

 of the asci, containing the dark sporidia. 



Monsieur Boudier has three forms, distinguished by 

 their colour — 



1. Altogether white or whitish (Asc. albidus — Crouan, 



I. c). 



2. Pale fulvous ; dise darker (Asc. glaber — Pers.). 



3. Fulvous ; disc purple-brown. 

 Name — Glaber, smooth. 



Northamptonshire (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Batheaston 

 (Mr. C. E. Broome). Shelly Oak, near Birmingham ! (Mr. 

 W. B. Grove). Ford, near Shrewsbury ! 



B. EXTERIOR FURFURACEOUS OR GRANULATED. 



5. Ascobolus viridis. Curr. 



Sessile, plane or very slightly concave, of a dark, 

 dinoy, yellowish-green colour ; externally very fur- 

 furaceous, almost tomentose ; asci clavate ; sporidia 8, 

 elliptic, acuminate, rugose-striate, amethyst-purple, 

 32 X 13/x ; paraphyses rather stout, generally clavate 

 or subfusiform at the summits, enveloped in a pale 

 greenish mucus. (Plate IX. fig. 54.) 



Ascobolus viridis — Curr. in " Linn. Trans.," xxiv. 

 p. 154,1863; Cooke, "Jour. Bot.," 1864; Boud., "Ann. 

 Sc. Nat.," 1869, vol. x. t. 5, f. 4 ; B. and Br., ".Ann. Nat. 

 Hist.," No. 1081; Cooke, "Handbk.," No. 2197; Gill., 

 " Champ.," p. 140. 



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