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FUXGUS-FLORA. 



erect; asci cylindrical at first and the 8 spores obliquely 

 uniseriate, finalty the ascus elongates and becomes clavate 

 upwards and the spores irregularly aggregated near the apex : 



Ascobolas furfuracens, Pers.- — Fig. 1, plants, riat. size ; — Fig. 2, plants, 

 slightly x ; — Fig. 3, section of young plant ; — Fig. 4, section of mature 

 plant, showing the projecting asci; — Fig. 5, structure of excipulurn ; 

 X 400 ; — Fig. G, portion of disc, showing a young ascus with 1-seriate. 

 colourless spores, and a mature ascus projecting above the level of the 

 disc, and containing coloured spores aggregated near its apex ; also 

 paraphyses ; x 400 ; — Fig. 7, free spores at different ages ; X 400. 



spores elliptical, hyaline and smooth at first, then with longi- 

 tudinal anastomosing delicate wrinkles, passing from lilac 

 through purple to purple-brown at maturity, 20-27 x 10-11 fx : 



