AsCOPHAxr^. 1 77 



disc plane, rather fleshy, glatrons, brown, when dry blackieL- 

 brown, concave and with the margin irregularly incnrvi'J. 

 about ^ mm. across ; excipnlum parenchymatous, cells, lik.- 

 those of the cortex, small ; asci clavate, tapering uniformlv 

 from apex to base. S-spored ; spores at first l-seriate, becominu; 

 irregularly 2-seriate above, hyaline, smooth, elliptical, 9-1 1' 

 X 4- 5— 5 fj.; paraph Vies septate, slender, darate or pirifonn 

 at the apex, which is tinged brown when living. .5-6 < 

 broad. 



On dung of Ojw and dog. Has also been found on human 

 dung in Germany. 



.Sjieeimen examined in Cke., Fung. Brit., ed. ii. n. 657. 



Ascophanns consociatus. Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 31:: : 

 Sacc, ?yU., viiL n. 2221. 



Ascophores gregarious, sessile, subglobLse then expandinir 

 until the disc is almost plane, whitish, C'ften with a tinge of 

 yellow, externally granulated owing to the large, projecting. 

 cortical cells, which vary from 15-20 /i diameter, about 1 mr7,. 

 across ; excipnlum pareriLiiyiiat ous : asci broadly clavate. 

 pedicel short, stint, S-sporel; spores irreg^arly 2-seriate. 

 hyaline, smicith, broadly fusiform, contents granular, 11-12 

 X 7 /I ; paraphyses septate, hyaline, very slightly thickem^l 

 at the tips. 



Agcoholit-s consociatus, B. it Br., Ann. Xat. Hist., ser. 4. 

 voL XV. p. 39, pL 2, fig. 7. 



On decayed wood, on the remains of Sphjxria eu]:uU/era. 



Type specimen examined. 



AscophaiiTis minutissimus. Bond., Ascol., p. ." .. 

 t 10, f. 29: PhiL, Brit. Disc., p. 305; .■;acc., svll., viii. 

 n. 2212. I figs. 36, 37, p. 156.) 



Yery minute, hardly visible under a lens, always scattere". 

 hemispherical, disc plane, brown or tawny, margin blacki-^. . 

 asci broad, narrowed towards the lase, S-spored; spot' .s 

 smooth, hyaHne, elliptical, ends rather pointed, 7 and 4 />., 

 irregularly 2-seriate; paraphyses simple, septate, broadly 

 pyrifomi and greenish-yellow at the tips. 



On dung of horses and sheep. 



Unknown to me. 



Somewhat resembling A. mbfuseus, differing in the as:o- 



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