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GENUS 269. ASCOBOLUS.* Tode. 
Receptacle orbicular, marginate ; disc patelloeform; asci exploded, 
A furfuraceus P. Very common on cow dung, Batheaston, 
September. 
A vinosus B. Eng. Fl. v., p. 209. On rabbits’ dung, 
Batheaston, October, 1863, Paraphyses were observed in 
one instance throwing off wedge-shaped 1-septate conidia, 
September, 1863. 
A ciliatus Schum. Batheaston, November, 1865, on cow 
and horse dung. 
A—- glaber P. Bathford Hill, October, 1863, on rabbits’ dung. 
A——— testaceus B.and Br. Annals Nat. Hist., No. 1,082. On 
sheeps’ dung, Bathford, September, 1863, and on old linen, 
Batheaston. Peziza testacea Mougt. 
denudatus #r. Marlborough Forest, October, 1863, on 
twigs and rootlets. 
A——— viridis Currey. Linn. Trans. xxiv., p. 154, 1863. Leigh 
Woods, 1848 ; Hanham, on clayey ground. 
Kerverni Crouan. Batheaston, 1868, on sheeps’ dung. 
granuliformis Crouan. On cow dung, Batheaston, 
November, 1864. 
= 6-decemsporus Crovan. Hanham, October, 1863, on 
horse dung. 
macrosporus Crouan. Batheaston, Bathford, on sheep 
and horse dung. 
A——— miniatusCrouan. Hanham, December, 1865. M. Boudier 
in his treatise on Ascobolus, Ann. des Scien. Nat., Series v., 
Vol. x., p. 527, removes this species to the section Humaria 
of Peziza, because the sporidia contain “guttules,” but if 
they are examined when mature it will be seen that the 
“ suttules ” are only the forerunners of reticulations resembling 
those of the fruit of certain truffles. 
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