1^6 Spli i,-r ;■-(;?, e, Phajophraguuae, Spororniia. 



tectis vr.i subliberks, gregariis, globosis, V* -3 /* mill. diam;, antice 

 conicis iu rostrum cyiindraceum, antice plerumque dilataturn, per» 

 foratum, quandoque perparura obliquum, perithecium dimidium 

 r^quans attenuatis, atris; ascis stipitatis. sabclavatis, 8- sporis, 170 

 z 20; sporidiis inordinatis tetraplastis, oblongis, suhcurvatis, 40 - 

 8, subopacc-fuscis, demum in articulo^ quaiuor dccedentibus, ar- 

 ticulis binis interioribu.s ovatis, utriuque obtusi^.simis truueausve. 

 binis uirinque uitimis obovatis. 



ilab. m fimo equino pr. GEstrich Germania?.. in fimo ovino 

 ct caprino in Italia bor. — Affinis Sporormim amhigvbcc. Peritlie- 

 cia (in exeinpl. italicis) immersa, ovoideo-pyriformia, ostiolo ad 

 medium valde obeso apiceque coarctato exerto, fructus Lagenarim 

 exaete a?mulantia. Asci eyiinrhacei deorsum longiu:<culo atteuuaio- 

 btipitati, apico obtudusculi, 180-210 = 18-20, quaudoque medio de- 

 liiscentes atque sporidia dejicieutes. Sporidia eylimlracea, 45-lb^ 

 " -8, tetrainera, opace fuliginea, slrato hyalino exiguo obducta, mox 

 iu articulos, 10-11^8 secedeniia, 



$. Sporormia intermedia Auersw. Hedw. 1868 VIL p. 67, t. I, 1'. IV. 33» 

 --- Peritheciis sparsis vel approximaiis, immersis; apice erumpeuti- 

 bus. globosis vel ovoideis, osiiolo biv.vi papillaeformi vel paulum 

 conico, minutis 150-200 >x. diam., atris glabris submembranaci ; - ; 

 ascis ohlongis elongato-ovalibus, vel subcylindraceis, tubulosis, sii- 

 pite abrupto brevissimo, 118-175 r 24-30; sporidiis subparailpln 

 imbricate 2-3-stichis, cylindraceis, rectis vel leviter curvatis, utrin- 

 que Sate rotundatis facile secedentibus, muco hyaliuo obvolutis, i- 

 celluiatibus, airis subopacis, 42-60 ~ 8-10, articulis mediis 12-15 

 y. long., truncatis, terminalibus vix vel paulc longioribus semiglo- 

 boso-rotundatis; paraphysibus numerosis superantibus, latis, gut- 

 lulatis, laxe ramulosis. 



llab. in fimo equino, vaccino, Cunieulorura, anseri- 

 n o . a s i ii i n o . o v i n o, c a p r i n o in Fennia, Germania, Ausi !'ia. 

 ifaiia. Britannia, Gallia, Arg-e;itina. — Sporormia Steinbelca De 

 Not. MS. in fimo Antilopis rupicaprae, Gressoney, vix va- 

 rieias videiur, nisi asci vere 4-spori sint, ut iraduntur. 



10. Sporonnia megalospora Auersw. Hedw. 1868, VII, p. 68. — Pc- 3324 

 ritheciis sparsis, subimmersis, erumpentibus, globosis vel ovoideis, 

 rnajusculis 300-350 >j.. diam., subcarnosis atris, glabris, ostiolo 

 brevi couoideo; ascis late-clavatis (elongato ovalibus sec. Auersw.) 

 stipite brevissirae abrupto, 1 80-2 1 s 30-10; sporidiis subparalleie 

 -imbricato-2-4-stichis, cylindraceis, plerumque rectis vel lcviier 



