NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS ASCOBOLUS, B55 
ee ise pod ereay: portion quits the wall, and leaves the thick- 
ec 
scribed. The figures have been drawn from A. Woolhopensis in whic 
the changes are “well marke 
The plants are for the most Jen exceedingly small, rarely exceed- 
ing #s in diameter. They have usually a silve oy whiteness and 
purity very attractive under the female Then mber of spores 
within an ascus is generally 64, but the difficulty of counting them 
is great and rarely allows the exact tea to be made out. Thirt 
two are less frequently met with. They vary, however, from 16 8 
th 
_ usually thick, that is, comyos sed of several layers of cells. In one 
species, however, the cup is formed of a single stratum. The cells 
“vary much in size ; in 4. Woothopensis being very large and bladdery. 
The fringe of ee on the margin of the cups varies in length and 
ing straight down on two sides to the ring. The two valves thus 
formed are usually well parted. Paraphyses are very rarely met with. 
asci seem to be exploded very frequently, if not asa rule. The older 
the cups the fewer asci are to be met vil , and cups entirely empty 
and but slightly discoloured are often se 
The Aseozont are found on the fee "of rabbits and hares, birds 
and mice. At most seasons of the year they may be met with but 
chiefly in winter. That this season should exh them in greater 
abundance is probably to be ascribed to ‘the greater dampness then 
prevalent, which allows of growth ipkirapiod by drought. 
Ascosotts, Pers., § Ascozonvus, Renny. (sect. rov..) 
e minutissime, lucenter alae. hemisphericze et sessiles, 
includentes, annulo subcrusso conspicuo versum apicem cincti, fissura 
verticali bilabiata uehiseanie Paraphyses in nnumeroae, apa 
furcate. Spore numerose, o oblo aneefaslonnes, intus egranulosz, epi- 
sporio hyalino glabro incluse, ad m tem asci a Se 
versus in OE ovatam imbricatam Herm age 
