732 



ELVELLACEI. 



broadly elliptic ; dark-violet when mature. — Schmidt , Mijc. TIefte, 

 i.p.90. Pers.M.E.'i.p.U^. Fr. S.M. ii. p. lU. E?ig. FLy. p. 

 209. Berk. Outl.p. :M\. Cooke Seem. J. Bot. May, 1864. B. ^ Br. 

 Ann. N.IL no. 1083*, t.1i,f.7. Ascophanus ciliatus, Bond. Ann. 

 Sc.Nat.{lS6d),x.p.253. 



On cow-dung. Autumn. 



Extremely like Peziza stercorea, but the hairs are white. The asci are very 

 large for the size of the plant, and are not altered by drying. — M.J. B. 



2216. Ascobolus testaceus. B. <£' Br. 



Ascobolus." 



" Brick red 



Gregarious, waxy, sessile, unequal, smooth, sub-depressed, 

 brick-red ; asci broadly cylindrical ; sporidia elliptical ; surface 

 granular ; paraphyses slightly thickened upwards, subclavate. — 

 B. 4' Br. Ann. N.H. no. 1082*, 1. 14,/. 5. Helotium testaceum, Berk. 

 Outl.p. 372. Fezizatestacea, Moug. Fr. El.ii.p. 11. B. ^ Br. 

 Ann. N.H. no. 576. 



Old sacking and rabbits' dung. 



The asci project in good fresh specimens, and the habitat indicates an 

 Ascobolus rather than an Helotium. — B. ds Br. 



Gen. 305. 



BULGARIA, Fr. 



Eeceptacle orbicular, then trun- 

 cate, glutinous within, at first closed; 

 hymenium even, persistent, smooth. 

 — Berk. Outl. p. 374. 



(Fig. 339.; 



ZTlVJ . Bulgaria inquinans. Fr. 



" Blackish Bulgaria." 



Turbinate, firm, externally rugu- 

 lose, furfuraceous, umber ; disc be- 

 coming plane, black ; asci long, ob- 

 tuse ; sporidia large, elliptic, brown. 

 —Fr. S.M. ii. p. 167. Tul. Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. XX. (1853), i. 15,/. 1-7. Eng. 



Fl. V. p. 209. Cooke exs. no. 324. Fckl. exs. no. 1136. Rav. exs. v. 



710.43. Fl. Dan. t. AU. Schmff.t. 158. Batsch.f. 50. IIedw.t.6, 



f. 5. Berk. Outl. t. 22,/ 7. Fez. mgra,Bull. t. 460,/ 1. Sow. t. 



423. Nees.f.296. Fez.polymorpha,Light.ii.p. 1003. Hoff. Cr.ii. 



t.o,f.2. 



On oak trunks, &c. [United States.] 



Fig. 339. 



