Sphaeriacese, Phaeosporse, Sordaria. 233 



sis V. gregariis, 1 mill. altis, ostiolo nudo ruguloso, subinde striis 

 divergentibus circumdato ; ascis crasse cylindraceis breve stipitatis, 

 octosporis 200-300 a. longis; sporidiis distichis oblongo-ellipsoideis 

 basi subtruncatis, 30-35 ^ 15-18, basi cauda hyalina curva spori- 

 dium sequante auctis. 



Hab. in fimo vaccino in California. — Sec. Plowr. species 

 prsedistincta. 



9. Sordaria carbonaria (Plowr.) Sacc Sphceria carhonaria Plowr. 846 

 Brit. Fungi in Grev. II, 188, t. 25, fig. 3. — Aggregata, globosa, 

 semiimmersa, basi pilis hyalinis ramosis septatis cinta ; ostiolo pa- 

 pillato, obtuso ruguloso ; ascis cylindraceis, apice truncatis para- 

 physatis ; sporidiis 8, subnavicularibus, atro-fuscis, uniseriatis, 9 



s 3, cauda brevissima hyalina basi auctis. 



Kah. \\\ humo carbonacea prope Shrewsbury (Britannia). 



10. Sordaria bombardioides Auersw. in Niessl Beitr. p. 37, t. VI, 847 

 fig. 4. Wint. Sord. 22, t. VIII, fig. 11. — Peritheciis sparse cae- 

 spitosis, subconfluentibus forma valde variabili, nunc ovoideis, ob- 

 longis, nunc subpyriforraibus vel utriculiformibus ^4-1% mill. al- 

 tis, inferne contractis, apice late obtuse rotundatis, papillatis um- 

 bilicatisque, ceraceo-carnosis crassis, rugulosis, badiis, ostiolo fu- 

 sco-atro ; ascis elongato-clavatis stipite maxime elongato, apice 

 obtusis, Ssporis, p. sporif. 140-160^:15-18; sporidiis oblique mo- 

 nostichis sed saepe inordinatis, obovato-oblongis, pleruraque inaequi- 

 lateralibus, 22-25 =; 12-14, nitidis, fusco-atris, nucleo oleoso, cir- 

 culo hyalino ; paraphyses ascorura fere longitudine, articulatae. 



Hah. in fimo leporino prope Leipzig, (Ederan et Briinn (Ger- 

 mania), in firao equino in California. — Sec. Rehm sporidia 25 

 -9, asci cum stipite 270 i^ 15. 



11. Sordaria curvula de Bary Morph. Pilze p. 209, Wint. Sord. 37, 848 

 t. XI, fig. 22, Cercophora conica Fuck. Symb. p. 245. — Peri- 

 theciis sparsis subsuperficialibus, oblongo-conicis, sfepius curvatis, 

 rugulosii, pilis crassis articulatis, plerumque fasciculatis dense ob- 

 sitis, basi filis repentibus ramosis cinctis, 750-800 is 380-400; ascis 

 crasse cylindraceis, longissime stipitatis, 8-sporis, p. sporif. 129 s 

 38; sporidiis ovoideis, opaco-fuscis, 18-25^:9-10, vertice hyalino- 

 apiculatis, basi cauda cylindracea 6 y.. long. hyalina auctis. 



Hah. in fimo vaccino, equino, ovino, murino in tota 

 Germania, Britannia, Italia, Fennia. — aTuberculi peritheciorum 

 distincte papillati; asci cilyndracei longe stipitati, 180-200 ^; 18-22, 

 apice rotundati, octospori ; sporidia ellipsoidea, 22-25^:14, opace 



