ASCOPHANUS 115 



stem-like base; spores irregularly 2-seriate, ellipsoid, hyaline, 

 smooth, 6-7 X 10-12 m; paraphyses slender, septate, hyaline, 

 clavate at their apices. 



On cow and horse dung. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New York to Colorado and Porto Rico; also 

 in Europe. 



Illustrations: Trans. Linn. Soc. 24: pi. 51, f. 21; Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. III. 15: pi. 17, f. 32; Ann. Sci. Nat. V. 10: pi. 11, f. 32; 

 Jour. Bot. 2: 152,/. 6. 



8. Ascophanus Aurora (Crouan) Boud. Ann. Sci. Nat. V. 10: 



248. 1869. (Plate 11, fig. 7.) 



Peziza Aurora Crouan, Fl. Finist. 53. 1867. 

 Aleuria Aurora Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 54. 1879. 



Apothecia scattered, sessile, at first subglobose, becoming 

 subdiscoid, reaching a diameter of 0.5-1.5 mm., externally 

 smooth, bright-orange; hymenium at first concave, becoming 

 plane, similar in color to the outside of the apothecium but a 

 little brighter, roughened by the protruding asci; asci cylindric 

 to clavate, 8-spored; spores 1-seriate or becoming irregularly 2- 

 seriate, ellipsoid, hyaline, 6-7 X 10-12 /x; paraphyses slender, 

 septate, simple or branched, usually curved at their apices, 

 scarcely enlarged above, filled with orange granules. 



On dung of various kinds. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution : Delaware and Nebraska ; also in Europe. 



Illustration: Ann. Sci. Nat. V. 10: pi. 11, j. 36. 



9. Ascophanus carneus (Pers.) Boud. Ann. Sci. Nat. V. 10: 



250. 1869. 



Ascobolus carneus Pers. Syn. Fung. 676. 1801. 



Ascoholus saccharinus Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Outl. Brit. Fungol. 374. 1860. 



Ascophanus saccharinus Boud. Ann. Sci. Nat. Y. 10: 251. 1869. 



Peziza humosoides Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 32: 46. 1879. 



Ascophanus humosoides Peck, Bull. N. Y. State Mus. 2: 22. 1887. 



Ascophanus carneus saccharinus Phill. Brit. Discom. 309. 1887. 



Pyronema carneum Schrot. Krypt.-Fl. Schles. 3-: 34. 1893. 



Ascophanus carneus difformis Clements, Bot. Surv. Nebr. 5: 22. 1901. Not 



Peziza difformis Karst. 



Apothecia gregarious or occasionally crowded in clusters of 

 variable size, minute, usually not exceeding 1 mm. in diameter 



