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ostiolum. Asci oblong-cylindrical, with a short stipe, 8-spored, 80-90 x 

 12-15//. Sporidia overlapping-fasciculate, parallel, nearly straight, 

 4-celled, rounded at both ends, 25-30 x 4-6 jut, the two middle cells 

 6 -7 J [i long, the end cells mostly a little longer. The four cells of 

 the sporidia readily separate from each other. 



Common on cow dung, also on rabbits' and goats' dung, around 

 Newfield, N. J., and probably throughout the country. 



Sp. intermedia, Awd. Hedw. VII, p. 67. 



Exsicc. Kunze F. Sel. 67.--R.ab. F. E. 644. Rehm Asc. 134. 



Perithecia scattered or gregarious, buried, except the short, papil- 

 liform or subglobose ostiolum, small (150-200 jut), black, bare, carnose* 

 membranaceous. Asci oblong, ovate, or nearly cylindrical, 112-125 x 

 20-24 /i (1 1 8-1 75 x 24-30 jjl, Winter), briefly stipitate and paraphysate. 

 Sporidia 2-3-seriate, partly overlapping each other, cylindrical, straight 

 or slightly curved, rounded at the ends, 4-celled, 43-54// long, the end 

 cells ovate-cylindrical, 12-15 jx long, the two intermediate cells barrel* 

 shaped, about 12x8-10 jut, the joints readily separating. 



On rabbits' dung, and cow dung, Newfield, N. J. 



Sp. herciilea, E. & E. (in Herb.) 



Perithecia scattered, semiimmersed, ovate-globose, |-J mm. diam., 

 with a short, cylindrical or tuberculiform, rough ostiolum. Asci ven- 

 tricose-oblong, 250-342 x 50-60 jut, with a short, nodulose stipe, and 

 abundant paraphyses. Sporidia fusoid-cylindrical, 10-13-jointed, 112- 

 152x14-16 jjt, terminal joints ovate-conical, 15-18x12 ji, the others 

 slightly flattened-globose, about 15 x 12 /i, the longer diameter being 

 transverse. The 4th or 5th cell from the upper end of the sporidium 

 is usually larger, 22x20 jut. The joints readily separate, and the 

 entire sporidium is at first enclosed in a thin, gelatinous envelope. 



This is easily distinct from all the allied species. 



On cow dung, Newfield, N. J. 



Sp. flmetaria, De Not. Micr. Ital. dec. V, p. 10. 



Spharia fimetaria, Rab. Herb. Mycol. Ed. I, 1733. 



Perithecia depressed-globose, membranaceous, with a simple, per* 

 lorn ted ostiolum. Asci cylindrical, attenuated below into a short stipe, 

 80-100 x 14-16 ji. Sporidia 1 6-20-celled, rod-shaped, lying parallel. 

 without any visible gelatinous envelope, 55-60 x 3-4 //, medial cells 

 about 2| jut, and terminal ones 4 p. long 



On cow dung. South Carolina (Ravenel). 



