ASCOPHANUS 113 



On stercoriated mud. 



Type locality: Otawanie woods, Nebraska. 



Distribution: New York to Nebraska. 



3. Ascophanus sarcobius Boud. Bull. See. M>c. Fr. 18: 143. 



1902. (Plate 11, fig. 4.) 



Apothecia gregarious, at first subglobose, smooth, white, 

 gradually expanding, at maturity with the hymenium convex 

 and margin indistinct, reaching a diameter of 1-2 mm.; asci 

 clavate, about 250-300 X 35-38 ix, 8-spored; spores 2-seriate or 

 irregularly crowded near the end of the ascus, ellipsoid, at first 

 smooth, becoming sculptured hyaline, about 18-20 X 25-30 (x; 

 spore-sculpturing taking the form of minute warts; paraphyses 

 strongly enlarged above, septate, hyaline, reaching a diameter of 

 10-12 fjL at their apices. 



On cow^ dung. 



Type locality: France. 



Distribution: Bermuda; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 18: pi. 8, f. 2; Boud. 

 Ic. Myc. pi. 413. 



4. Ascophanus bermudensis Seaver, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 6: 



505. 1916. (Plate 11, fig. 2.) 



Apothecia gregarious or scattered, at first subglobose, expand- 

 ing and becoming subdiscoid, reaching a diameter of 1-2 mm., 

 white or more often with a delicate pinkish tint; hymenium at 

 first slightly concave, becoming plane, finally convex, roughened 

 by the protruding asci, similar in color to the outside of the 

 apothecium; asci clavate, reaching a length of 325 n and a 

 diameter of 35-40 ju, 8-spored; spores 1-seriate or partially 2- 

 seriate, or occasionally irregularly disposed, at first smooth, 

 becoming rough, 23-25 X 33-38 ju; spore-roughenings assuming 

 the form of scattered protuberances which are enlarged outwards, 

 giving them the appearance of protruding tack- or nail-heads, 

 2-3 ij. long and 2 jx broad ; paraphyses strongly enlarged above, 

 hyaline." 



On cow dung. 



Type collected on cow dung near Harrington Sound, Bermuda, 

 December, 1912 (Herb. The New York Botanical Garden). 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



