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tapering upward and becoming filiform above, not mixed with 
the asci but much longer 
Spores biseriate, elliptical, narrowly rounded to subacute above 
and broadly rounded to truncate below, 12-14 مم‎ x 23-27 f, 
ranging from hyaline when young through olivaceous to dark- 
brown and opaque ; primary appendage short, tapering downward 
and often triangular in outline in optical section, one-third to one- 
half the length of the spore ; secondary appendages at either end 
of spore, long, lash-like and evidently made up of two components 
which are plainly separated proximally but which may appear 
merged distinctly, usually the two parts of the lower one when 
freed separate widely or become twisted about each other. ۰ 
IQ. f. 14-16.) 
Distinctive characters : Small bristly superficial perithecia. 
Cultivated specimen : On cow dung, Summit, Mont., Aug. 
1900 (Griffiths & Lange). 
10. Pleurage fimiseda (Ces. & DeNot.) 
Podospora funicola Ces.; Rabenhorst Herb. Mycol. ed. nov. no. 
259; Hedwigia, I: 103. 24. TA A. 1856. 
Sordaria fimiseda Ces. & DeNot. Comment. della Soc. Critto- 
gam. Italiana, 1: 226. 1863; Abhand. naturforsch. Gesell. 
zu Halle, 13: 80. pl. 9.f. r3. 1873; Natürlichen Pflanzenfami- 
lien, I": 191. كر‎ 253, A-D. 1897; Cohn's Kryptogamen-Flora 
Schlesien, 3°: 288. 1894; Mem. R- Acad. Sci. di Torino 1: 
22. f. rg. 1863; Abhand. Senkenberg. naturforsch. Gesell. 
(Frankfort), 7: 332-346. M. 2-4. 1869. 
Podospora a (Ces. & DeNot.) Rehm; Rabenhorst Kryp- 
togamen-Flora, 17: 170; N. Am. Pyren. 130. 1892. 
Cercophora پ8‎ Fuckel, Symb. Mycol. 244. Pl. 4. f. 1. 
1869. 
Pleurage fimicola Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. 3°: 504. 1898. 
Perithecia pyriform, large, superficial, scattered or اوہ کو‎ 
in small clusters and erumpent between the undigested ‘fibers of 
the substratum; about 1 mm. ir its greatest diameter, densely 
brown hairs, which have hyaline tips when young and, therefore, 
give the perithecium a grayish appearance, greenish when young, 
but becoming black and vara with age; walls of the perithecium 
thick and coriaceous in tex 
Asci 8-spored, a. Sr and rounded above, and 
