THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 2yl 



ASCOBOLACEiE. 



Ascophanus microsporus, (B. & Br.) Phil. On cow and 



horse droppings, El. Hall fields ; fields in El. Pk. \Vd. 



and in Lud. Dn. — H.T.S. ! 

 A. granuliformis, (Crouan) Boud. On cow dung, Hdc. 

 A. argenteus, (Currey) Boud. On cow dung in fields, Copley 



and Shibden — H.T.S. Hdc, near the pavilion, 1899. 

 A. ochraceus, (Crouan) Boud. On soil, wall top, El. Hall, 



and El. Pk. Wds. On cow dung, Mdgh., Lud. Dn., and 



in field near the Derby, Booth Dean — J.N. 1 

 A. carneus, (Pers.) Boud. Frequent on cow, horse, and 



rabbit dung, bare soil, road scrapings, old rope and 



healds, rotting castout hearthrug, damp paper, leather. 

 Yar. cuniculi, Boud. On rabbit dung, Cr. Dn. — J.N. 

 A. equinus, (Mull) Boud. (A. pilosus, Boud.) Very common 



on old horse-droppings. 

 Ryparobius sexdecemsporus, (Crouan) Heb. Bdg. — J.N. 

 R. Cookei, Boud. (R. cvustaceus, Fckl.) On rabbit dung, Hdc. 



and Heb. Bdg. — J.N. On horse dung, Salterhebble, 



Shibden, Norland and Savile Park — H.T.S. 

 R. argenteus, B. and Br. On horse droppings, El. Pk. Wd. ! 

 R. Leveilleanus, (Renny) Phil. On vole dung, Hdc. El. 



Pk. Wd., H. Gr., and Cr. Dn.— H.T.S., J.N. 

 R. subhirsutus, (Renny). On rabbit dung, Cr. Dn. — J.N. 

 Ascobolus Crosslandi, Boud., Bulletin de la Soc. Myc. de 



France. Salterhebble — Nat., Jan. 1899, pp. 29-31, 



figs. 9-13. 



A. denudatus, Fr. On decaying wood, fir needles, etc., Hdc. 

 and Cob Clough, Ripponden — J.N. ! 



A. Yinosus, Berk. On rabbit dung, Hdc. and Cr. Dn. — J.N. 



A. glaber, Pers. On cow, rabbit, and horse dung in fields. 



Hdc, Heb. Bdg. and Cr. Dn. — J.N. Copley — H.T.S. 



El. Pk. Wd. ; Coley ; Pellon and Mixenden Ings ! 

 A. LeYeillei, Boud. On horse dung in market garden, Skir- 



coat, in immense quantity — H.T.S. First British 



record — Nat., Jan. 1899. 



A. minutus, Boud. Near the lodge entrance to Hdc— J.N. ! 

 First British record — Nat., Jan. 1900. 



A. serugineus, Fr. On cow dung, Hdc, 1892— J.N. ! 



A. stictoideus, Speg. Skircoat. First British record — Nat., 

 Jan. 1900. 



A. furfuraceus, Pers. Very common on cow dung in fields. 



