Sphaeriaceae, Phseosporae, Hypocopra. 241 



sis, 12-13 [].. diam. e latere 3-5 ■).. diam., fuscis, nitidis, nucleo 

 oleoso. Paraphyses exiguae (?). 



Hab. in fimo leporino, cuniculorum, equino, pr. Leipzig, 

 Briinn, (Estrich etc. (Germania) in Tyrolia et Britannia. 



4. Hypocopra platyspora (Plowr.) Sacc. Sordaria plaiyspora Plow. 

 Br. Fungi in Grevill. VI, p. 28, t. 94, fig. 2. — Peritheciis spar- 

 sis firao semiimmersis, couoideis, mediocribus, setulis rigidis, bre- 

 vibus, crassis obsitis; ascis cylindraceis, subsessilibus, 130:^12, 

 octosporis; sporidiis monostichis e fronte suborbicularibus, 20^:18 

 e latere valde compressis 2-3 [x. cr., nigricantibus. 



Hab. m fimo equino, Forres (Britannia) legit rev. J. Keith. 873 



5. Hypocopra superba (De Not.) Sacc. Sordaria superba De Not. 

 Recl. Pir. in Comm. Critt. II, p, 479. — Peritheciis sparsis su- 

 perficialibus, sphaeroideis, atris, nudis, vertice nonnihil tenuato ob- 

 tuse umbonatis ostiolo exiguo hiantibus; cellulis stratosis, in sicco 

 collabascentibus ; ascis teretibus, leptodermis, octosporis; sporidiis 

 ellipsoideis, majusculis, fuligineo-fuscis, opacis, involucro diaphano 

 crasso utrinque truncato obductis. 



Hab. in excrementis Arctomydis Marmotse, Val Grisan- 

 che, Italia boreali. 



6. Hypocopra vagans (De Not.) Sacc. Sordaria vagans De Not. Recl. sn 

 Piren. in Comm. Critt. 11, p. 479. — Sparsa, superficialis; perithe- 

 ciis ovoideis vertice crasse mammoso-attenuatis, atris, tenuiter vil- 

 losulis, cellulis stratosis contextis, in sicco fragilibus; ascis e basi 

 tenuata teretibus, octosporis, juventute apice subcapitellatis, apa- 

 raphysatis, sporidiis sphasroideis v. sphasroideo-ellipsoideis, badio- 

 fuscis parce translucidis. 



Hab. in excrementis Leporis variabilis, Riva, Valsesia 

 (Ital. bor.). — Affinis sed satis diversa ab H. macrospora. 



7. Hypocopra microspora (Plowr.) Sacc, Sordaria microspora Plowr. 875 

 Brit. Fungi Grev. VI, p. 28, t. 94, fig. 3. — Peritheciis sparsis, 

 majusculis obtuse conicis, parte superiori liberis setulisque rigidis 

 brevibus 40 u.. long. obtusis, basi filis mycelicis paucis cinctis; 

 ascis cylindricis 45-50 ::= 6-8, octosporis; sporidiis monostichis, sub- 

 globosis, minutis e latere compressis, 7 ^; 5, e latere 2 u.. cr., cir- 

 culo hyalino obductis, fuligineis, 



Hab. in fiino equino, Forres (Britannia) legit J. Keith. 



8. Hypocopra macrospora (Auersw.) Sacc. Sordaria macrospora g-g 

 Auersw. iu Rabenh. fung. eur. n. 954, Niessl Beitr. p. 30, t. VI, 

 fig. 43. Hypocopra siercoris Fuck. — Peritheciis sparsis vel gre- 



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