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SPORORMIA 107 
Sphaeria multifera B. & Rav. Grevillea, 4: 143. 1876. 
Philocopra multifera (B. & Rav.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 1 : 249; 
Ellis & Everhart, N. Am. Pyren. 1 892. 
Perithecia scattered, sunken, with the small papilliform beak 
projecting to the surface, later they are more or less erumpent 
and the beak disappears almost entirely, leaving the perithecium 
simply perforate, 90-120 مم‎ e کر‎ globular, thin membra- 
naceous, dark brown and o 
Asci 8-spored, ی‎ Ta broadly rounded above and 
contracted below into a short or almost sessile base, rather per- 
sistent, 13-17 u. x 65- 95 £: paraphyses very scanty or often en- 
tirely absent, filiform, septate, about equal to the asci. 
Spores in 2 or 3 series, 4-celled, straight or curved, cylindrical, 
rounded at the ends, deeply constricted and easily separable, 
5.5-6 م‎ x 29-34 9, ranging from hyaline when young through 
yellow to dark brown and opaque; hyaline envelope becoming 
very prominent in water and evidently septate, corresponding with 
the septation of the spore. (Pl. 75. f. 16-78. 
Distinctive characters : Small size and few paraphyses. 
Dry specimens: On goat, cow, and rabbit dung, Newfield, 
N. J., 1880-93 (Ellis); rabbit, horse, and cow dung, Michigan 
Agricultural College, 1893 (Hicks); cow dung, London, Ont., 
1897 (Dearness). 
Cultivated specimens: On goat, cow, and horse dung, New 
York city and Fort Lee, N. J., summer and autumn 1899; cow 
dung, Proctor, Vt., Aug. 1899 (Banker); cow dung, Aberdeen, 
S. D., Sept. 1899 (Towne); horse, cow, and prairie-dog dung, 
Highmore, S. D., July 1899 (Carter); horse and cow dung, Red- 
field, S. D., July 1899 (Carter); horse and cow dung, Brookings, 
S. D., Nov. 1899 (Carter); horse dung, Gunnison, Col., Aug. 
1899 (Bartholomew); burro dung, Hermosa, Col., March 1898 
(Baker, communicated by Earle); horse, cow, and rabbit dung, 
Mesilla Park, N. M., Jan. 1900 (Wooton); sheep, cow, horse, 
rabbit, and dog dung, Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 1900 (Tyler); horse 
dung, Sept. 1900 (Griffiths); cow dung, Rooks Co., Kan., July 
1899 (Bartholomew) ; horse, goat, and sheep dung, Austin, Tex., 
Jan. 1900 (Long); cow dung, London, Ont., Aug. 1899 (Dear- 
ness); cow dung, De Soto, La., Aug. 1899 (Frierson); horse 
and cow dung, Summit and Family, Mont., Aug. 1900 (Griffiths 
& Lange). 
