602 rehomycetffl, Sphirrince.T, Phccosporne, Rordaria. 



mycelio dense obvolutis 500 » 300, Mil>in<'ml>ranaceis, piriformibus, 

 septatis vestitis; ascis octosporis. clavatis, longe stipitatis 100- 

 185^26-32; paraphysibus filiformibus, septatis, inferne subcon 

 strictis; sporidiis distichis ovatis vol late ellipsoideis maturitat*', 

 intense brunneis 21-27 « 11-16, longiusculo appendiculatis. 



llab. in fimo vaccino, Englewood et Newfield N. J. Amer. 

 bor. (Ellis). 



4. Sordaria globosa Mass. et Salm. Coproph. fungi I, p. 334, fig. 21. 2032 

 — Poritlieciis subgrogariis, primo subimmersis dein plus minus 

 superficialibus, globosis circ. 750 a. diam., glabris, olivaceis, ostiolo 

 papilliformi atro, subcarnaceo; contextu parenchymatico e cellulis 

 tenuibus composito; ascis numerosis eylindraceis, deorsum in sti- 

 pitem longum attenuatis, octosporis, 300-350^35-50; sporidiis 

 ellipticis 35-40 w 20-22, basi tantum appendicula hyalina cylindra- 

 cea saepe attenuata persistente recta vel curvula 25-30 a. longa 

 auctis. 



Hab. in fimo Macropodis gigantei et Cervi Elaphi, 

 Kew Britanniae. 



5. Sordaria taenioides (Griff.) Sacc. et D. Sacc. Pleurage tcenioides 2033 

 Griff Mem. Torr. Bot. Cl. 1901, pag. 58. — Peritheciis sparsis, 

 subirnmersis erumpentibusque 500-750 u. olivaceo- brunneis, co- 

 riacellis, globoso-piriformibus, ostiolo longe cylindrico donatis, 

 superne setulis septatis brunneis uniformiter vestitis; ascis 4-spo- 

 ris, cylindraceis superne rotundatis, longe pedicellatis 290-360 » 

 37-45; paraphysibus filiformibus superne subincrassatis, septatis, 

 asco osquilongis; sporidiis monostichis, ellipsoideo-ovalibus, utrin- 

 que subrotundatis initio hyalinis, dein olivaceis, intense brunneis 

 56-62 « 29-32, basi minute apiculatis, utrinque longissime appendi- 

 culatis. 



Hab. in fimo equino et bovino, in Amer. bor. 



6. Sordaria kansensis (Griff.) Sacc. et D. Sacc. Pleurage kansensis 2034 

 Griffiths Mem. Torr. Bot. 01. 1901, p. 83, tab. VIII, fig. 6-8. — 

 Peritheciis sparsis v. aggregatis, immersis v. superficialibus, su- 

 perne pilis septatis olivaceo-brunneis, flexuosis, vestitis, 600-800 * 

 375-450, tenui-membranaceis, junioribus virescentibus, maturis 

 vero nigris, ostiolo papillato cylindraceo, plerumque curvo; ascis 

 octosporis cylindraceis apice rotundatis breve stipitatis 180-240 « 

 26-32: paraphysibus ventricosis, agglutinatis, ascos superantibus; 

 sporidiis oblique monostichis, ellipsoideis, utrinque rotundatis 26- 



35 * 18-21, ex olivaceo tandem atro-brunneis, utrinque longe ap- 



