Discoraycetea), Ascobolooa, Hyalosporae, Ryparobius. 539 



iioii tinctis; sporidiis ellipsoideis, 10-12^0-7; paraphysibus gra- 

 cilescuntibus, 2-3 ;/. cr. 



Jfal^. in firao Tetraoiium propo Mustiala Fennia?. 



RYPAROBIUS Boud. Ascob. p. 47 (Etyra. ryparos sonlidus ot bw}; 

 vita) Thecotliciis Boud. Ascob. p. 45, Ascozomts Ilenny. — Asco- 

 mata carnosuia, sossilia, scutellata v. disciforinia, niinuta v. ini- 

 nutissiina glabra v. ciliatula. Asci crassiusculi sed breves, rarius 

 ainplissiini, 10-rayriospori, operculo apice dehi:>centes, e disco ex- 

 siliontes, varie paraphysati. Sporidia ellipsoidea, obionga v. sub- 

 fusoidea, continua, hyalina, quandoque in gloinura fere conglobata. 



I. Eu-Rijparobius. Asci minuti v. mediocres. 



1. Ryparobius crustaceus (Fuck.) Rehin Ascora. p. 52, Ascobolua 2231 

 cruslaccus Fuck. in Hedw. 186(3, p. 4, Asc. Cookei Crouau Flor. 

 Finist. p. 50, suppl. f. 3, (1867) Asc. polysporus Auersw. in Hedw. 

 1808, p. 51, Pe.zizula cruslacea Karst. M. F. I, p. 81, Ryparo- 

 bius Cookei Boud. Ascob. p. 48, t. IX, fig. 24, Phill. Disc. p. 29V). 



t. IX, f. 57. — Aggregatus, saepissime confluens, sessilis, depresso- 

 sphaM'oideus, glaber, fuscus, disco pallidiore, 0,1 mni. lat. ; ascis 

 paucis, obovqideo-oblongatis, basi paullo curvatis, 60-100 s 20-28, 

 jodo non tinctis; sporidiis 48-04 incoloribus, conglobatis, ovoideis 

 aut oblongato-ovoideis, 7-10 c; 4,5-5,5 ; paraphysibus parcis, graci- 

 lescentibus, apice subclavato. 



Ilab. in fimo canino, suino, equino, vaccino putrescente 

 in Germania, Fennia, Gallia, Italia, Belgio, Britannia, Fuegia. — 

 "^ myriadeus Karst. M. F. I, p. 81, ? Ascob. caninus Auersw. in 



Iledw. I. c. : typo simillimus sed ascis 24-34-sporis, clavatis, 44 



= 11 recedens. Cuin typo in Fennia et Germania. 



2. Ryparobius caninus (Auersw.) Sacc. Ascobolus Auersw. Hedw. 2232 

 1808, p. 51. — Microscopicus, depresso-globosus, fuscus v. brun- 

 neus, glaber, acute marginatus, disco pallidiore; ascis clavatis, po- 

 lysporis 44sll; sporidiis ovalibus, hyalinis, monoblastis, levibus 

 7-8 r 4, 24-32 in quovis ^asco. 



Ilab. in stercore canino, Rosenthal Cassel. — Cfr. pra^ce- 

 iloiitem. 



. Ryparobius polysporus (Kurst.) Sacc. Mich. II, p. 571, Pezizula 2233 

 Karst. M. F. I, p. 82. — Sparsus v. gregarius, sessilis, glaber, fu- 

 scidulus, 0,1 min. lat. ; ascis paucis ellipsoideis 118-130 i 50, jodo 



