ELVELLACEI. 731 



In marshes, on the droppings of cows and horses. Oct. 

 Hanham, near Bristol. 



Receptacle non-gelatinous, composed of very small hexagonal cells. Spori- 

 dia ("0006 in ) '015 m.m. long. 



2212. Ascobolus cinereus. Crouan. " Grey Ascobolus." 



Small, grey, sessile, smooth, hemispherical, or irregular; disc 

 plane or a little convex ; asci large, clavate, attenuated at their 

 base ; sporidia sub-cylindrical, colourless, para23hyses simple, 

 filiform. — Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. iv. vol. x.p. 194,/, D. B. 4- Br. Ann. 

 N.H. no. 1085, t. 17, /. 30. Ascophanus cinereus, Bond. Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. (1869), :^.t.U,f. 37. 



On cow-dung. Batheaston. 



Sporidia ('0009 m.) '022 m.m. long ("0004 in.) '01 m.m. wide. 



2213. Ascobolus carneus. Pers. "Flesh-coloured Ascobolus." 



Gregarious, minute, sessile, plane, immarginate, smooth, flesh- 

 coloured. — Pers. Sf/n. p. 676. Fr. S.M. ii. ;9.165. Berk. Outl. 

 Fung. p. 374. Fckl.exs. no. 1857. Cooke Seem. J. Bot. May, 1864. 

 B. (^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 1085*, t. 17, f. 29. Ascophanus carneus, 

 Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869), x. t. 12,/. 38. 



On cow dung. Autumn. 



" Asci in our specimens only '0012 in. long. They are more than twice 

 as long in A. granuliformis. Unfortunately we can find no perfect sporidia." 

 —B. d: Br. 



2214. Ascobolus sacchaxinus. B. <£,- Curr. " Sparkling 



Ascobolus." 



Scattered or crowded ; disc almost hemispherical when young, 

 afterwards expanded and plane, of a reddish-pink, or salmon- 

 colour, when dry paler towards the margin ; plant attached at 

 the base by white downy threads ; hymenium somewhat glisten- 

 ing, looking as if sprinkled with minute particles of brown sugar; 

 sporidia elliptical, colourless. — B. ^ Curr. Berk. Outl. p. 374. 

 Cooke Seem. J. Bot. May, 1864, fig. 10. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. 

 no. 1091*, ^. 17./. 36. Ascophanus saccharinus, Boud. Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. (1869), x.t. 12. f. 4:0. 



On old leather, and also on old rag. Chislehurst, Kent. 



Sporidia (•0007--0008 in), •0177-'02 m.m. long. 



2215. Ascobolus ciliatus. Schm. " Fringed Ascobolus." 



Sessile, subhemispherical, smooth, orange ; disc plane ; mar- 

 gin swollen, white, fringed with white hairs ; asci large ; sporidia 



