ELVELLACEI. 727 



— B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 1082, 1. 16,/. 23. Pezizajungermannice, 

 Nees. Fr. S.M. \\.p. 144. Pseudopeziza jungermannice, Fdcl. Sym. 

 Myc. p. 291. 



On JungermannicB. Jedburgh, and near Shere. 



Asci slightly clavate, at length projecting ; sporidia elliptic ('0006 in.) 

 *015 ra.m. long, sometimea rather irregular, of an intense verdigris-green 

 when fresh, as are also the clavate-tipped paraphyses. 



B. Stercoricoles, Bond. 



2200. Ascobolusfurfuraceus. Pers. " Mealy Ascobolus." 



Sessile, slightly concave, brown or greenish, externally fur- 

 furaceous ; asci clavate, with an inner separable membrane ; spo- 

 ridia almond-shaped, biseriate, rugose, amethyst-purple. — Per^s. 

 Obs.i.t.4,f. 3-6. Fr.S.M. n.p. 163. Grev. t. 307. Berk. Eng. 

 Fl. V. p. 209. Outl. p. 374. Currey Linn. Trans, xxiv. t. xxv.f. 9, 

 10. Rav. exs. vi. no. 81. Fckl. exs. no. 1132. Cooke Seem. Journ. 

 May, 1864,/^. 1. Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869), x. t. 6,f. 6-10. 

 Peziza stercoraria, Bidl. t. 376. 538,/. 4. Sow. 1. 18, 389./. 3-6. 

 P.fmca.Bolt.t. 109,/. 2. 



On cow dung, all the year. Very common. {F^g- 338.) 



[United States.] 



2201. Ascobolus vinosus. B. " Purplish. Ascobolus." 



Sessile, at first globose, then depressed, smooth, dull purple, 

 orifice laciniate ; asci nearly linear, thickest at their tips ; sporidia 

 elliptical, rugose, at first colourless, then purple, eventually 

 brcwn. — Berk. Eng. Fl. y. p. 209. Outl. p. 374. Cooke Seem. J. 

 Bot. May, 1864. Berk. exs. no. 159. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 1083* 

 1. 16,/. 25. Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869 j, x. «. 6, /. 11. Fckl. exs. 

 no. 1852. 



On rabbit dung. 



Sporidia "OOOG-'OOOS in.) "OlS-'Oir? m.m. long. Stylospores occur in this 

 species occasionally at the tips of the paraphyses ; cup 1 line broad, adher- 

 ing by branched threads, at first globose, then nearly plane, opening with 

 about five lacinise, which, as it expands, are again divided. — M.J.B. 



2202. Ascobolus sexugineus. Fr. " Dull-green Ascobolus." 



Gregarious, sessile, nearly plane, marginate, smooth, greenish ; 

 asci clavate, attenuated downwards ; sporidia elliptic, violet, or 

 violet purple. — Fries. Ohs. \i. p.2>10. Sys.JIyc.n.p. 164. Cooke 



