ASCOBOLUS 289 
p. 874; Cooke, “Jour. Bot.,” 1864, f. 4; B. and Br., “ Ann. 
Nat. Hist.,” 1085*, t. 16, f. 27; Crouan, “Flo. Finn.,” p. 
57; Nyl, “Pez. Fenn.,” p. 83; Karst. “Myco. Fenn.,” 
p. 78; Boud, “Ascob..” p. 33, t. 7, f 18-15; Fekl, 
“Symb. Myco.,” p. 287; Cooke, “Handbk.,” No. 2208; 
Gill, “Champ.” p. 145.  Ascobolus albidws—Crouan, 
“ Ann. Sc. Nat.” (1858), t. 18, f. 1-6; “ Flo. Fin.,” p. 57. 
Exs.—Karst., “ Fung. Fenn.,” 542. 
On cow-dung, horse-dung, and rabbit-dung. Autumn. 
Cups about 4 to 4 a line broad; they are decidedly 
pyriform when removed from the matrix.. The convex 
disc is covered with black papille, which are the summits 
of the asci, containing the dark sporidia. 
Monsieur Boudier has three forms, distinguished by 
their colour— 
1. Altogether white or whitish (Asc. albidus—Crouan, 
L. ¢.). 
4 Pale fulvous; dise darker (Asc. glaber—Pers.). 
3. Fulvous; disc purple-brown. 
Name—Glaber, smooth. 
Northamptonshire (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Batheaston 
(Mr. C. E. Broome). Shelly Oak, near Birmingham ! (Mr. 
W.B.Grove). Ford, near Shrewsbury ! 
B. EXTERIOR FURFURACEOUS OR GRANULATED. 
5. Ascobolus viridis. Curr. 
Sessile, plane or very slightly concave, of a dark, 
dingy, yellowish-green colour; externally very fur- 
furaceous, almost tomentose; asci clavate; sporidia 8, 
elliptic, acuminate, rugose-striate, amethyst-purple, 
32 x 184; paraphyses rather stout, generally clavate 
or subfusiform at the summits, enveloped in a pale 
greenish mucus. (Plate IX. fig. 54.) 
Ascobolus viridis—Curr. in “Linn. Trans.,” xxiv. 
p- 154, 1863; Cooke, “Jour. Bot.,” 1864; Boud., “ Ann. 
Se. Nat.,” 1869, vol. x. t. 5, f. 4; B. and Br., “ Ann. Nat. 
Hist.” No. 1081; Cooke, “Handbk.,” No. 2197; Gill, 
« Champ.,” p. 140. 
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