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the spore tipped with long, lash-like, gelatinous secondary append- 
ages, varying in length with the stage of development, the upper 
being excentrically placed and both being made up of two closely 
united filaments which are plainly distinguishable proximally but 
which appear to gradually fuse together distally. (Pl. 7. f. 7-6.) 
Distinctive characters: Agglutinated hairs of ہپ یٹ‎ and 
biseriate arrangement of spores 
Dry specimens: On cow dung, Newfield, N. J., Oct. 1893 
(Ellis). 
Cultivated specimens: On horse, cow and goat dung, New 
York City, summer and autumn, 1899; cow and horse dung, Ft. 
Lee and Englewood, N. J., autumn, 1899; cow dung, Schaghticoke, 
N. Y., Aug. 1899 (Banker); horse, sheep and cow dung, Tucson, 
Ariz., Jan. 1900 (Tyler); cow dung, Rooks Co., Kan., July 
1899 (Bartholomew); horse dung, Aberdeen, S. D., Sept. 1899 
(Towne); horse dung, Aberdeen, S. D. Oct. 1895; horse, cow, 
sheep and pig dung, Brookings, S. D., Nov. 1899 (Carter); horse 
dung, Austin, Texas, Jan. 1900 (Long); horse dung, Auburn, 
la., July 1899 (Earle); horse dung, Gunnison, Colo., Aug. 
1899 (Bartholomew) ; cow dung, Great Falls, Mont., Aug. 1900; 
rabbit dung, Lincoln Co., N. M., Aug. 1900 (Earle). 
With reference to the name of this species the reader is referred 
to .م‎ 40. It should be stated here that Schizothecium fimicolum 
Corda,* in my opinion, is this species, but others have considered. 
it to be Podospora fimicola+ Cesati. There is now no possibility of 
determining with any degree of certainty what plant Cesati had. 
It therefore seems wise to retain the name of DeBary rather than 
go back to one which is of uncertain identification. Corda’s fig- 
ures might refer to any one of the species which have agglutinated 
hairs. The only feature found in his drawings, upon which one is 
able to form an opinion as to species, is the tufts of hair which 
he represents in a vertical section of the perithecium. Again, if 
he had any one of these species, it is very strange that he should 
not have found the asci, for only in very exceptional cases are 
they totally absent, even in dry specimens. 
The species is very variable in its external aspect. On this 
account several varieties have been named, based mainly on hairi- 
* Icones Fungorum, 2: 29. M. 73. f. ros. 1835. 
T Hedwigia, 1: 103. A. 14. f. A, r-rr. 1856. 
