728 ELVELLACEI. 



Seem. J. Bot. May, 1864. Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869), x. t. IJ. 

 12. A. marginatus, Schum. Saell. li.p, 437. 



On horse-dung. August. 



2203. Ascobolus glaber. Pers. " Smooth Ascobolus." 



Sessile, minute, smooth, shining, somewhat convex, margin- 

 ate, colour variable from white or orange to vinous-brown ; asci 

 nearly equal ; sporidia at first hyaline, then amber-coloured, at 

 length deep violet, reticulated. — Pers. Obs. i. t. 4c, f. 7. Syn.p. 667. 

 Fr. S.M. ii. p. 164. FcU. exs. no. 1 134. Berh. Eng. Fl. v. p. 209. 

 Outl.p. 374. CooJce Seem. J. Bot. May, 1864,/^. 4. B. 4' Br. Ann. 

 N.H. no. 1085*, t. 16,/. 27. Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869), x. t. 7, 

 /. 13-15. 



On cow dung and rabbits' dung. Autumn. Bathford and 

 Ascot. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Sporidia (-0005 in. broad, •0009--001 in long), -0127 X •022-'025 m.m. 



2204. Ascobolus immersus. Pers. " Large-spored 



Ascobolus." 



Yery small, clear greenish-yellow , smooth, subcylindrical or 

 hemispherical ; hymenium flat ; asci large and wide ; sporidia 

 very large, ovoid, surrounded by a wide, hyaline membrane, pur- 

 ple violet; paraphyses colourless, filiform. — Pers. Obs. t. 4,/. 7, 

 d. e. Baud. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869), x. t. 8, /. 17. Nees.f. 297. A. 

 macrosiJorus. Crouan Ann. desSc. Nat. 1857, vol, vii. p. 74, t. 4, 5, 

 8. Cooke Seem. J. Bot. May, 1864, /ig. 7. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 

 1089, i. 17,/. 33. 



On old cow dung, and on sheep and horse dung. Autumn. 

 Batheaston. 



Receptacles small ; the cells which compose it anastomose, and form a 

 reticulated tissue. 



"Mr. Currey observes that the amethyst-coloured epispore tears off in 

 riband-like shreds." 



Sporidia ("0025 in.) 'OG-'OGS m.m. long. 



2205. Ascobolus brunneus. CooTie. "Brown Ascobolus.*' 



Cups minute, globose, then depressed, sessile, externally 

 pilose, pale ochre ; asci broadly clavate, short ; paraphyses fili- 

 form ; sporidia elliptic, at first hyaline, and granular, at length 

 brown. — Cooke exs. no. 286 (1867). Hedwigia y'i. p. 154, not J.. 

 brunneus. Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869.) 



On cow dung. Shere. 



Sporidia ^'OOl-'OOlS in. long, "0006 in. broad), •025--035 X "015 m.m. 



