Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 4i9 



^A. glaher, P. Obs. 1, t. 4. f. 7. 



Plate XVI. fig. 2/. a. Ascus, magnified ; &. paraphysis, ditto ; c. spo- 

 ridia, '0005 inch broad, "OOOP-'OOl long, more highly magnified ; d, ditto 

 swollen by rain, ditto. 



Mr. Cooke's figure of the sporidia is not correct. The reti- 

 culation is by no means so uniform. 



^A, carneusy Pers. Syn. p. 676. 



Asci in our specimens only "0012 inch long. They are more 

 than twice as long in A, granuliformis. Unfortunately^ we can 

 find no perfect sporidia. 



Plate XVII. fig. 29. Asci and paraphyses, magnified. 



*1085. A. cinereus, Crouan, in Ann. des Sc. Nat. ser. 4. vol. x. 

 p. 194, fig. D. 



Batheaston, C. E. Broome. 



Plate XVII. fig. 30. a. Ascus with paraphysis, magnified : b. tip of 

 ascus and paraphysis^ more magnified; c. sporidia, '0009 inch loDg, 

 •0004 wide, ditto. 



1086. A. granulifoimis, Crouan^ /. c. p. 196. 

 On cow-dung. C. E. Broome. 



Plate XVII. fig. 31. a. Ascus with paraphyses, magnified; b. sporidia, 

 •0004-*0005 inch long, "0003 wide, more highly magnified. 



1087. A. microsporus, n. s. Cupulis minutis, albidis, depressis; 

 ascis elongatis ; sporidiis ellipticis, demum violaceis, Isevibus ; 

 paraphysibus apice globosis, endochromate viridi-luteo repletis. 



On dung of cows and sheep. Bathford, Batheaston, C. E. 

 Broome. 



Cups very minute, paler than in the last, dirty white or yellow- 

 ish brown, hymenium granulated with the tips of the asci, which 

 are often furnished at the base with a little narrow oblique stem; 

 sporidia '0003 inch long by '00015 wide, quite smooth; tips of 

 paraphyses filled with coloured endochrome, which makes them 

 very conspicuous. This diff'ers materially from A. granuliformis 

 in the size of the fruit, which is proportionally narrower ; the 

 colour also is difi'erent. 



Plate XVI. fig. 28. Asci with paraphyses, magnified. 



1088. A. argenteus, Curr. MS. 



On cowdung. Eltham, Nov. 1863, C. E. Broome. 



Plate XVII. fig. 32. a. Asci, magnified ; b. sporidia, '0005 inch long, 

 •0003 wide, more highly magnified. 



1089. A. macrosporus, Crouan, Ann. d. Sc. Nat. ser. 4. vol. vii. 

 p. 74. 



On sheep- and horse-dung. Batheaston, C. E. Broome. 

 Mr. Currey observes that the amethyst-coloured epispore tears 

 off in rib and- like shreds. 



Plate XVII. fig. 33. a. Plant with projecting asci, magnified ; b, ascus 



