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DELITSCHIA 103 
Perithecia scattered, sunken, with projecting black bare papilli- 
form or short cylindrical beak, 450 ۸ x 650 » in diameter, sub- 
globose to pyriform, membranaceous to slightly coriaceous, dark 
brown to black, and at first having a distinctively greenish tint on 
the substratum around the base of the beak. 
Asci 8-spored, clavate to fusiform, usually widest below the 
middle, broadly rounded above and rather abruptly contracted 
below into a short blunt stipe, 40-48 ےر‎ x 250-300 £: paraphyses 
filiform, coarsely guttulate, septate, longer than the asci and mixed 
with them. 
Spores somewhat biseriate below, oval to ellipsoid, broadly 
or acutely rounded at the ends, uniseptate with a broad shallow 
constriction, 18-24 # x 42-54 :م‎ ranging from hyaline when 
young through yellow to dark brown and opaque ; gelatinous en- 
velope prominent and enlarging greatly in water. (PL 74. f. 7-9.) 
Distinctive character: Papilliform beak and greenish coloration. 
Dry specimen: On rabbit dung, Rooks Co., Kan., Sept. 1895 
(Bartholomew). 
Cultivated specimens: On rabbit dung, Rooks Co., Kan., July 
1899 (Bartholomew) : horse dung, Missoula, Mont., Jan. 1900 
(Elrod); burro dung, Hermosa, Colo., March 1898 (Baker, 
communicated by Earle). 
6. DELITSCHIA WINTERI Plowr. Grevillea, 2: 188. a 25. f. r. 
1874 ; Saccardo, Syll. Fung. 1 : 734. 1882 
Perithecia scattered, sunken, pyriform to globular, with long 
wide cylindrical curved or twisted projecting beak which may be 
sparingly covered with long straight brown hair, or entirely 
smooth, black and shiny, about .75 mm. x 1 mm., thick membrana- 
ceous to decidedly coriaceous, dark brown to black and opaque. 
Asci 8-spored, cylindrical-clavate, broadly rounded above and 
contracted below into a moderate stipe, 48-56 4 x 300-375 ۸, 
rather persistent : paraphyses filiform, sparingly septate and slightly 
constricted below, abundant, longer than the asci and mixed with 
Spores biseriate, elliptical to ovate, broadly to acutely rounded 
at the ends, uniseptate with a broad shallow constriction, 25-27 م‎ 
x 54-72 u, ranging from hyaline when young through yellow to 
dark brown and opaque ; hyaline envelope prominent and becom- 
ing very wide in water. (Pl. 14. f. 10-12. 
Distinctive characters: Long cylindrical beak; distinguished 
from D. furfuracea by larger size throughout. 
