730 ELVELLACEl. 



B. ^- Br. Ann. N. TI.no. l()d>(j, t. 17, f. 31. Ascoplianus granuli- 

 formis. Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869), x. 1. 10, f. 31. 



On cow dung. Oct. Nov. Common. 



Receptacle formed by an anastomosing^, reticulated filamentous tissue, of 

 an extreme thinness ; sporidia (•0004-'0005 in.) •01-"0127 m.m. long ('OOOS 

 in.) *0076 m.m. wide. 



2209. Ascobolus microspozus. B. ^ Br. " Small-spored 



Ascobolus." 



Cups minute, whitish, depressed; asci elongated; sporidia 

 elUptic, at length violet, even ; paraphyses globose at the apex, 

 filled with a greenish yellow endochrome. — B. 4" Br. Ann. N.H. 

 (1865), no. 1087, 1. 16,/. 28. A. Ccemansii. Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 (1869),x. ^. 10,/.30. 



On dung of cows and sheep. Batheaston. 



Cups very minute, paler than in A. gramdiformis, dirty-white or yel- 

 lo^vish-brown ; bymenium granulated with the tips of the asci, which are 

 often furnished at the base with a little narrow oblique stem ; sporidia 

 (•0003 in.) -0076 m.m. long, by ('00015 in.) 'OOSS m.m. wide, quite smooth ; 

 tips of paraphyses filled with coloured endochrome, which makes them 

 very conspicuous. This difi"ers materially from A. granuliformis in the 

 size of the fruit, which is proportionally narrower ; the colour also is dif- 

 ferent. — B. d: Br. 



2210. Ascobolus argenteus. Curr. " Silvery Ascobolus." 



Gregarious, exceedingly minute, barely visible to the naked 

 eye, subpyriform, of a silvery-white colour ; sporidia elliptical, 

 colourless. — F. Currey, in litt. Cooke Seem. J. Bot. May, 1864, 

 fig. 6. B. 4- Br. Ann. N.H. no. 1088, t. 17, /. 32. Ascophanus 

 argenteus, Bond. Ann. Sc. iVai. (1869), x. 1. 11,/. 32. 



On cow-dung. Nov. Eltham. 



Sporidia (-0005 in.) '0127 m.m. long ('0003 in.) '0076 m.m. wide. 



2211. Ascobolus sexdecemsporus. Crouan. " Sixteen-spored 



Ascobolus." 



White, then whitish-grey, at length of a clear yellowish-white, 

 minute, sessile, hemispherical ; hymenium flat or slightly con- 

 vex ; asci small, wide, enclosing sixteen, ovoid, hyaline spores ; 

 paraphyses numerous, colourless ; simple or branched below, 

 straight or curved at the apex, where they are a little thickened. 

 — FcJd. exs. no. 1851. Crouan, Ann. des Sc. Nat. 1858, vol. x.p. 

 195, i. 13, f. E. 21-26. Cooke Seem. J. Bot. May, 1864,/^. 9. B. 

 ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 1091, 1. 17, f. 35. Ascophanus sexdecemsporus^ 

 Boud. Ann. Sc. Nat. (lS6d), x. ^.11, /.35. 



