THE GENUS ASCOBOLUS. 151 
Schmidt, Myc. Hefte, i. p. 90; Pers. Myc. Eur. i. p. 340; Fr. Sys. 
Myc. ii. p. 164; Berk. Eng. Fl. v. p. 209; Outl. p. 374; Cooke, 
Index, Fung. Brit. n. 1891. 
On eow-dung. Autumn. 
19. AscoBoLvs VINOSUS, B.; sessile, at first globose, then de- 
ressed, smooth, dull purple, orifice laciniate; asci nearly linear, 
thickest at their tips. Sporidia elliptical, rugose, at first colourless 
then purple, eventually brown, 0:0008 to 0:0009 inch long. 
Berk. Eng. Flora, v. p. 209; Outl. p. 374; Cooke, Iud. Fung. 
Brit. n. 1890. 
On rabbit-dung 
12. SOME CA CROUANI; colour of minium, sessile, fleshy, - 
smooth, first urceolate, then hemispherical; hymenium flat, 
surrounded by a more or less incised, soft, white, membra- 
naceous frill; asci wide, straight or ineurved, enclosing 
eight round sporidia, each one having a large nucleus in the 
centre, surrounded by a circle of smaller ones; paraphyses 
filamentous, simple or forked, thickened at the apex, and 
much longer than the asci ; receptacle composed of round 
or oval cellules, very small, closely packed, intermixed with 
articulated, hyaline, anastomosing, or confluent filaments. 
Ascobolus miniatus, Crouan (non Preuss), Ann. des Sc. 
Nat. 1858, vol. x. p. 197. t. 13. f. I 44-47. 
On the earth, amongst small mosses. Autumn. (C. E. 
Broome.) 
Fig. 3. Ascus, sporidia, and paraphyses : magnified 120. 
I have altered the specific name miniatus, as it was pre- 
viously employed by Preuss for a different species 
(Linnza, 1851, p. 147). Nearly half the number 
of species described and recorded at the present time 
are due to the investigations of the Messrs. Crouan, 
of Brest. 
14. AscOBOLUS GLABER, Pers. ; sessile, minute, 
smooth, shining, somewhat convex, marginate, 
colour variable from white or orange to vinous- 
brown; asci nearly equal; sporidia at first hya- 
line, then amber-coloured, at length den: violet, 
reticulated, 0:0009—0:001 in. long. Fig. 4. 
