fir)!) 



P. punctata. (liinii.) 



/i'^ha f>iiiii/iihi. I.iiiii. Klor, Siitc. V,i.\. 11, p. 15^ 

 Sphrrria iiiica, IlalkT, Stirp. Ilclvcl. toin. II!, p 121 

 Sfi/iicn'a tiiiiirala, Iloll. Hmigi Ilnlif, III, tnb. 127. 

 Sphtrii 1 /'iiiiclala, Sowt-rhy, KiiR. FiiiiKi. tat). ,S4. 

 Spharia Poxniia, I'crs. Syii. p. 15. 

 fliii'ni'd Cllediticltii\ Willil. I'lor. Hcrol. I'rodr. p. 400. 

 /^'loiiia fimetiDia, I'lrs. Champ. Coinest. p. 154. 

 M'xiiiia punctata, Vr. Siimiiia Veg. Scaud. p. 3S2. 

 Kx.sicc. Kal). F. K. 2020.— Kthiii, Asc. idS. -Cke. Vutigi Ilrit. Ser. I, 46S, id Ser. II, 21,1 

 Rouiii. F. Gall. 566.— Liiilit. Fungi Hung. 1S3. 



Stroma at first clavate, soon cx])aii(k'(l and dist'oid altovo, lir(»\vii 

 utitside. the inner sul)stanco and disk wliito. Stipe suhelonuated 

 (reacliinif 1-2 em.), mostly peneti-atinu: tlic matrix and hidden. Disk 

 <>enci'ally 2-ii mm. diam., exeei»tioiially 10-15 mm., grayisli-wliite, 

 |(ulvernlent at first. I'ei'itliecia uloUose, blaek within and withont, 

 aliout I mm. diam.. their rather hu'i>;e, black, papilliforni ostiola dot- 

 ting the white disk. Asei cylindrical, 120-150x15-17 /i (p. sj». 

 80 90 /I long), with abundant, hut inii)errectly developed parai)hyses. 

 Sporidia nniseriate, elliptical, sul)ine(iuilateral. soon ojiake, surrounded 

 at (irst l>y a hyaline, gelatinous coat, 15-20 x 10-12 // (10-20 x 10- 

 14 //, Winter). 



On horse dung, Kansas (Cragin). 



The measurements of asci and sporidia are from the Kansas 

 specimens. 



P. (Edipiis, Mont. Syll. p. 20i». 



SpluTiia (/'(»niiiii) puiutdta, var. itdipoda, Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. H.^toin VI, 



p. 333- 

 HypoxyloH (iiUpHs. Mont. Cuba. p. 3.(6, tab. XIII, fig. 2. 

 Sp/iiri ui iiictassata, Jun^tli. Flor. Crypt. Javiu, p. 87. 



Pl»()ii,a macpopix/a, /k r/culoiiioiiUs, Ccs. in Klotzsch-Rab. Herb. Mycol. No. iy4(.. 

 Rxsicc. Rab. F. Bur. 630.— Rav. Funjfi Car. Ill, No. 46. 



Sti'onm erect, simple (or sometimes !)ranched). witli a distinct, 

 siiiootli, light l)rown stipe 2-3 cm. high, 2-3 mm. thick at the clavate- 

 swollen l)aso, enlarged above into a dull white, suborhicnlar, 2-3 mm. 

 <lisk, which is at fii"st concave, then plane, and pierced l)y the slightly 

 prominent, black, papiiliform ostiola. Perithecia ovate, sunk in the 

 stroma. Asci cylindrical, short-stipitate, 8-spored, 100-120 x 18-20 /i, 

 with long, filiform psuudoparaphyses. Sporidia mostly nniseriate, 

 elliptical, 28-30 x IC) /i, with a thick hyaline gelatinous coat at first, 

 finally nearly black. 



On horse dung. Alabama (Peters), Texas (Wright). 



Readily distinguished from P. jntnctata by its long, clavate- 

 swollen stipe. 



