SORDARIA 45 
ostiola black, papilliform; spores short cymbiform, 15 م‎ long. 
On horse dung, South Carolina (Ravenel). 
1 This is a very doubtful Sordaria, but as the description is very 
meager and the original specimen cannot be found, no positive 
statement can be made concerning it. 
4. SORDARIA MACROSPORA Awd.; Rabenh. Fung. Europ. no. 954. 
Rabenh. Krypt.-Flora, 1°: 195. 1887. Cohn, Krypt.-Flora 
Schlesien, 3°: 286. 1894. Abhand. naturforsch. Gesell. zu 
Halle, 13: 79-80. 2. 7, f. 4. 1873. 
Pleurage macrospora (Awd.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. 3°: 505. 
1898. 
Hypocopra macrospora (Awd.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 1: 241. 1882. 
Perithecia scattered and sunken with a short 
papilliform to enlarged globular naked beak, 
about 350 “x 550 4#, pyriform, thin, mem- - 
branaceous, black. 
Asci 8-spored, cylindrical, broadly rounded 
above and contracted below into a long stout 
stipe, persistent, 225—280 بم‎ x 20-25 p: para- 
Spores obliquely uniseriate, elliptical, broad- 
ly rounded at the ends, 15-18 u x 25-34 t: 
hyaline envelope prominent and swelling greatly 
in water. 
Distinctive characters: Mainly as in S. 
fimicola but with larger spores. 
No American specimens of this species have 
been seen. The above description has been 
taken from European specimens and from Win- 
ter’s diagnosis. The species has been reported 
to have been collected in Texas by H. W. 
e 0 Ravenel. The specimens were named by M. C. 
rospora after رو‎ Cooke and published in Annals New York 
cium; 2, ascus. Acad. Science, I: 186. 1878. 
5. SORDARIA FIMICOLA (Rob.) Ces. & DeNot. Comment. Soc. Crit. 
Ital. 1: 226. 1861. Rabenh. Krypt.-Flora, 17: 166. 1887. 
Sphaeria fimicola Rob. Desmazieres, Plant. Crypt. de France, 
no. 709; Ann. Sci. Nat. IIL, Vol. 353. 1849. 
