248 Sphajriaceaj, t'lia;osporiT3, Coprolepa. 



virentilms, reticulatis, ostiolo apice pauUuliim iiicrassato; ascis ob- 

 longis, crassis (placenla hexagono-cellulari oriundis), octosporis; 

 sporidiis ellipsoideis, niajusculis, inilio flavis, deln brunnois, circu- 

 lo Iiyalino obvolutis. 



Hab. in fimo vaccino votusto, cum Splachno ampullaceo. 

 Finistere (Gallia). 



COPROLEPA Fuck. Symb. p. 210 (Etym. cojvos, fimus et lepos cor- 

 tex). — Perithecia crusta stromatica effusa, crassa, extus tomen- 

 losa immorsa, ostiolo papilhoformi, atro, cum perithecii superiori 

 partc prominulo, majusculn, globosa, intus atra. Conidia in to- 

 raenti hyphis, minuta, globosa, fusca. Asci cylindracei, stipitati, 

 Sspori. SporicUa obliquo monosticha, ovoidea, continua, opaca, cir- 

 culo hviiliiio circumdata. Paraphyses lineares, multiguttulata}. 



1. Coproiepa fimeti (Pers.) Sacc. Sphceria finicii Pers. Syn. 64. Hi/po- 903 

 copra fimed Pers. Fr. Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 397, nec Fuck. Sor- 

 daria pmcli Wint. Sord. 14, t. VII, f. 3. — Peritheciis confer- 

 tis, immersis, dein emergentibus, sub crusta cinerea vel nigra, te- 

 nui, ovoideo-sphaeroideis, glabris in rostrum breve, late conoideum, 

 subobliquum attenuatis; ascis cjlindraceis, brevissime pedicellatis, 

 Ssporis, 147:^17 p, sporif. ; sporidiis oblique monostichis, ellipsoi- 

 deis vel sphaBroideo-ellipsoideis, fuscis, opacis, 18-20 ^ 10-12 stra- 



to hyalino obvolutis. 



Hab. supra fimum vaccinum et equinum, in Suecia, Fen- 

 nia, Germania, Tyrolia, Belgio, Gallia, Britannia et Araer. bor. 

 — Var. canina Karst. Sporidiis sphaeroideo-ellipsoideis, fuscis, 

 opacis, 18-26 =; 14-10. — In firao canino sestate et autumao pas- 

 sim in Fennia. 



2. Caproiepa merdaria (Fr.) Fuck. Symb. p. 240. Sordaria merda- m 

 ria Fr. Awd., Wint. Sord. p. 13, t. VII, fig. 1. Sphceria merda- 

 ria Fr. Elench. II. 100. — Peritheciis stromate crustaceo nigro 

 totaliter vel semiimmersis, majusculis, globosis, 700-800 a. diam., 

 pauci-aggregatis, extus albido-griseis, subtoraentosis, nucleo atro- 

 fuligineo mucoso; ostiolo conico brevi matricis superficiem attin- 

 gente et circum circa zona atra stromatica cincto ; ascis cylindra- 

 ceis, apice obtusiuscule rotundatis, 200-220 s 20-25, subsessilibus 

 sinuosis, parapliAsibus filiformibus remote septulatis, duplo longio- 

 ribus obvallatis, octosporis ; sporidiis oblongo-ellipsoideis, utrinque 

 obtusiusculis. 26-30 s 15, primo hvalinis, dein sordide flavis, tan- 

 dem fuligineis strato hyalino mucoso persistente obvolutis. 



