131 



On rabbits' dung. Autumn. Hereford. [Tab. 154, fig. 610.] 



A. PARVISPORUS, iJcH/f//. —Minutissimiis, fragilis, sed carnosior (luaui 

 alteris-primum totus albus, dein subvinose tinctus, subcyliudricus aut 

 obconicU!>, externe buUatus et interdum celluloso-ijenicelliatus, pilis iniiMiiiali- 

 bus asprellis ad marginem c-iliatus. SporiL^ regulatim 16, interdum phu-e.^^ 

 tisijue ad 24, fusiformes, sed nee tam oblong;p <iuam in alteris speuiebus. 



Very minute, though fragile, somewhat more fleshy than other species. 

 WTiite and brilliant at fii-st, then duller with a faintly vinous tinge. Substance 

 formed of bladdery polygonal cells, uneiiual in size and often projecting in 

 hair-like threads, such as are frequently seen in Pczi:a fjrdniilatti. Margin 

 unevenly fringed with somewhat roughened subidate hairs, often in a partly 

 double row. Disc flat at first, then filled with the prominent broad slightly 

 clavate 16-spored asci. Spores normally Hi ? iVEore have been found, but the 

 number is very inconstant; probably 24 is nearly a-s frequent as 1(>. They 

 are not closely aggregated or regularly imbricated in the upper part "f the 

 ascus. 



On rabbits' dung. Autumn. Hereford. [Tab. 15(>. fig. 1-5*.] 



A. SUBHIRTUS, iJeimy. —Minutus, clare hyalinus sessilis hemisphericus 

 pilis curtis iniequalibus 2 vel o connatis hue et illuc subhirtus corona pilonim 

 curtorum inreiiualium ad marginem iuvestitus. Spor:e 128? nee minus. 



Minute, but larger than most of species; 1-40—1-50 in., pure white, 

 nearly transparent, sessile hemispherical, dotted with short, unequal hairs, 

 mostly connate in pairs or threes besides the unevenly ciliated margin. Disc 

 flat, coarsely papillate. Asci very wide (-OO.SS x -0015) subovate, somewhat 

 constricted at the strongly-marked ring which is near the flattened tip. Spores 

 very numerous, not less than 128, collected finally into a dense, regularly 

 imln-icated, ovoid mass in the upper part of the ascus. 



On rabbits' dung. Autumn. Hereford. [Tab. 155, fig. 4:7.] 



* The engraver has omitted to mark the ascus with its inseparable ring. 



