Spha;riace&, Prueouhragmiafs, J>porormin, 127 



curvalis, apice late, antico parum attenuaio-rotundatis, fusco a\rts. 

 subopacis 62-80-16-18, 4-cellularibus, facile secedentibus ; arti 

 culis mediis subaequilaterali-cylindraceis, 16-20 u. long., termiua 

 libus longioribus; paraphysibus longis, laxc ramosis guttulatis. 



llab. in fimo v a c c 1 n o, e q u i n o et C a p r e olorura iu Ge rrua 

 uia, Austria ot Britannia. — In forma britannica asci 250- 15; 

 sporidia 100=; 20 (I. Kbith), 



11. Sporormia gigantea Hansen Fungi fimicoli danici p. 113 et 16, s:«5 

 fc. VI, f. 46, 47. — Peritheciis sparsis subimmersis, vol erumpen- 

 tibus, subglobosis osfciolo brevi crasso conico vel cylindrico (papil- 

 laeformi Hans.) majusculis 350-400 a. diam. et ultra, molliusculis, 

 fusco-atris; ascis ex obiongo clavatis, inferne in stipitem attenuatis, 

 240-800 ^ 15-60; sporidiis subparallele imbricate ordinatis superno 

 3-4-stichis inferne 1-2-stichis, fusiformi-cylindraceis valde elon- 

 gatis, utrinque obtusis vel obtusiusculis, rectis vel parum curvatis, 

 fusco-atris, subopacis 95-115 ^rl 5-20, 4-cellularibus, facile sece- 

 dentibus; articulis mediis cylindraceis elongatis 23-30 </.. long., 

 terminalibus parum Iongioribus ; paraphysibus longis, numerosis 

 laxe ramcsis, guttulatis. 



Hab. in fimo ovino in Seelandia et Italia bor., iu fimo vac- 

 cino in Moravia. —  Perithecia (in speciminibus italicis) majuscu- 

 la, superficialia ovoideo-pyriformia, in collum breve acutiusculum 

 aiteuuata. Asci cylindracei deorsum breve attenuato-stipitati, 300- 

 350 = 55-60, apice ncutiuscule rotundati, paraphysibus filiformibus 

 reuiote septulatis obvallati, octospori. Sporidia disticha, cyliudra- 

 cea, 130-160 s 25-30, tetramera, opace fuliginea, strato hyalino 

 crasso obvoluta, loculis oblongo-cylindraceis, 35-40 ;; 25-30, exii- 

 mis conoideis. 



12. Sporormia ovina (Desm.) Sacc. Hormospora ooina Desrn. XIX. $m 

 Not. p. 22, Coypt. Fr. 111, u. 98. Pirotta Mon, Spororm. p. 161. 



— Peritheeiis semi-immersis, minutissimis '/. mill. d., uuraerosis, 

 sparsis, nii, r ris ; glabris, nitidis, membranaceis , mollibus; ostiolo 

 crassiusculo conico, ascis subcylindraceis, 175-200 u.. longis, para- 

 physaiis; sporidiis brunneis, semi-opacis, subcvlindraceis, 4-articu- 

 latis, articulis 15 ;.'., long. 



tlab. ad fimum ovinum in Gallia. — An forma Sp. giganteiv 

 Hans. ? 



13. Sporormia Speyazzinii Pir. Spororm. p. 147. Sporormia giga- 3:127 

 spora Speg. Mich. I. 231, nec Fuck. — Peritheciis penitus im- 

 mersis, majusculis, in ostiolum brevissiraum truncatumquo matri- 



