Pyrenomycetse, Sphferiace?e, Phseosporpe, Hypocopra. 605 



Hab. in fimo equino, vaccino etc. in Germania et Ame- 

 rica boreali. 

 14. Sordaria coprophila (Fr.) Ces. et De Not. — Syll. I, p. 230 

 Huc ducenda est Bovilla Caproni Sacc. — Syll. I, pag. 360, — 

 seu Sphceria bovilla Cooke, quie est illius status infans, testibus 

 Hennings et Salmon: cfr. Hedw. 1903, p. (183). 



HYP0C0PRA Fuck. - Syll. I p. 240, IX p. 490, XI p. 279, XVI 

 p. 433. 



1. Hypocopra montanensis (Griff.) Sacc. et D. Sacc. Sordaria monta- 204 ~ 

 nensis Griff. in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club. 1901, p. 49, tab. III, fig. 1-3 



et tab. 19, fig. 13. — Peritheciis sparsis, immersis 750-900 « 4B0- 

 600, membranaceis, brunneo-nigris, subglobosis, in collum longum 

 cylindraceum desinentibus, in parte superiore setis brevibus, den- 

 sis acuminatis septatis vestitis; ascis octosporis, cylindraceis, apice 

 rotundatis vel truncatis vel apertis, longe stipitatis, 340-400 « 

 29-32; paraphysibus filiformibus, septatis, asco paullo lougioribus; 

 sporidiis oblique monostichis, ellipsoideis, utrinque paullo rotun- 

 datis 45-51 « 24-27, strato hyalino obvolutis. 



Hab. in fimo equino et vaccino, Missoula, Summit in Amer. 

 boreali. 



2. Hypocopra kansensis Ell. et Ev. in Journ. of Mycol. 1902, vol. 8, 2043 

 p. 15. — Peritheciis ovatis 0,8-1 mm. alt. 0,5-0,8 mm. crass. in 

 stromate immersis, olim erumpentibus, hemisphrericis, poro per- 

 tusis; stromatibus nigris subconvexis 1-2 mm. diam. v. confluen- 

 tibus circ. 1 cm. diam.; ascis cylindraceis, p. sp. 200-230^25-30 

 paraphysibus 4-5 ^. diam. ; sporidiis oblique monostichis, ellipticis, 

 utrinque acutulis 42,52 « 18-22, hyalinis. 



Hab. in fimo vaccino, Rooks Co., Kansas, in Amer. bor. — 

 Ab H. fimeti Pers. sporidiis multo latioribus differt. 



3. Hypocopra pisana Baccarini, N. giorn. bot. ital. 1904, p. 416. — 1044 

 Peritheciis gregariis ac ssepe dense confertis, superficialibus 300 



;x. latis, in sicco rugulosis, udis levibus, membranaceo-coriaceis, 

 ostiolo minuto, minime prominulo; ascis cylindricis, non vel vix 

 stipitatis aparaphysatis 133 ^17, octosporis; sporidiis atris, oblique 

 monostichis, ellipticis, 22,8 « 9-5, circulo hyalino tenui obvolutis. 

 Hab. in ossibus equinis in silva Pisana Italine. — Ad gen. 

 Roselliniam nutat et tunc vix Hypocopra. 



4. Hypocopra alpina (Griff.) Sacc. et D. Sacc. Sordaria alpina Griff. 2045 

 Mem. Torr. Bot. Club. 1901, p. 49, tab. 19, fig. 4-6. Peritbr- 



