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5. Philocopra simiiis (Hans.) Sacc. Sordaria similis E. C. Hans. 9io 

 Champ. sterc. Dan. p. 23, t. VHI, f. 1-3. — Peritheciis pyrifor- 

 raibus, sparsis, subimmersis, V2-V4 "^i^l- ^l*. ; ostiolo cylindraceo 

 nigro pilis septatis patulis vestito; ascis longe stipitatis, fusoideis, 

 apice rotundatis, 16-sporis; paraphysibus articulatis ascos subae- 

 quantibus obvallatis, 108-200^:40-60 p. sporif. ; sporidiis oblongo- 

 ovoideis, olivaceo-fuligineis , 27-34 ^ 17-18, cauda brevi hyalina 

 basi auctis. 



Hab. in fimo ovino vetusto, Rudersdal, in Selandia (Dania). 



6. Philocopra canina (Peck) Sacc. Sphceria canina Peck. Rep. on 9ii 

 the state Mus. — Peritheciis rainutis, sparsis, gregariisve subglo- 

 bosis, fusco-rubiginosis, dein nigricantibus ; ascis crassis, oblongis 



V. fusoideis; sporidiis numerosis, ellipsoideis, dilute coloratis, 6,5- 

 8 u.. longis. 



Hab. in fimo canino, Bethlehem, Amer. bor. 



7. Philocopra myriospora (Crouan) Sacc. Sordaria myriaspora Cr. 9i^ 

 Finist. p. 22. — Peritheciis immersis sphaeroideis, reticulatis, al- 

 bidis, 1 mill. diam., ostiolo recto, obtuso, brevi, nigro ; ascis cras- 

 sis, subclavatis, polysporis ; sporidiis 80-100, ovoideis, brunneis, 

 utrinque appendicula obtusa v. acuta auctis. 



Hab. in fimo vaccino, Fiuistere (Gallia). — Perithecia peiii- 

 tus fere fimo immersa; ostiola tantum emergentia. 



8. Philocopra multifera (B. et Rav.) Sacc. Sphceria multifera B. et 913 

 Rav. North Amer. Fungi n. 914. — Minuta nigra subglobosa; 

 ascis brevibus polysporis farctis; sporidiis subglobosis, 6-7 a. long. 



Hab. in fimo vaccino in Pensylvania (Amer. bor.). 



9. Phiiocopra dubia (Hans.) Sacc. E. C. Hans. Champ. sterc. Dan. p. 914 

 23, t. VIII, fig. 48. — Peritheciis oblongo-pyriformibus, viridi- 

 nigricantibus, verruculosis, 1-1 V2 ^i^l' ^.It. sparsis, liberis; ostiolo 

 cylindraceo ; hyphis mycelii repentibus ; ascis stipitatis fusoideis, 

 204-280^:36-52 p. sporif. ; 16-sporis; sporidiis ovoideis, olivaceo- 

 nigricantibus, 27-34 ^ 15-19, utrinque appendicibus, sporidio ut plu- 

 rimura multo longioribus hyalinis auctis. 



Hab. in firao vaccino et ovino, Ribe (Dania). — Appendi- 

 ces sporidiorum striatulse, superior crassior. 



10. Philocopra zygospora (Speg.) Sacc. Sordaria zijgospora Speg. 915 

 Mich. I, 227, F. it. t. 618. — Peritheciis gregariis superficialibus, 



V. basi fimo insculptis, ovato-pyriformibus, 400-450 alt., 200-220 

 cr., in collum breve truncatura desinentibus, undique hyphis fuli- 

 gineis, 3 raicr. cr. non septatis strigose vestitis; contextu paren- 



