SACCOBOLUS, 295 
“Not. Ascob. Belg.,” 1862, p. 14; Kickx., “Crypt. Flan.,” 
i. p. ae Saccobolus Kerverni—Boud., “ Ascob.,” p. 39, 
t. 8, f. 18. 
Exs—Fekl, exs. Nx 1836; Cooke, “Fung. Brit.,” 
ed. ii. 399. 
On old cow-dung. October. 
Cups 400 to 6004 broad. 
Name—After Capt. D. Kervern. 
‘3 Bathford ! (Mr. C. E. Broome). Forden, Montgomery- 
shire. 
2. Saccobolus obscurus. (Cooke.) 
Subgregarious, sometimes densely crowded, fuliginous 
or dark brown; hymenium convex, rather paler; asci 
clavate; sporidia elliptic, rough, becoming violet, then 
brown, 12—14 x 7p, enclosed in a common hyaline 
membrane; paraphyses filiform, simple. 
Ascobolus (Saccobolus) obsewrus—Cooke in “Gre- 
villea,” iv. p. 112. 
On old sacking. 
Cups 200 to 900 broad. 
Name—Obscurus, of a dark colour. 
Forden, Montgomeryshire! (Dr. M. C. Cooke). 
3. Saccobolus neglectus. Boud. 
Very minute, at first globose, glabrous, scarcely 
shining, white or becoming cinereous, or finally cinereus- 
purple, paler at the. base; hymenium often fulvous, at 
certain times, therefore, covered with the exserted asci 
and appearing black; asci minute, broad, attenuated at 
the base, hyaline, operculum plane; sporidia 8, elliptic, 
sub-acuminate, smooth, roseate, passing into cinereous- 
violet and black, 15—19 x 6—8y, enclosed in a common 
hyaline membrane; paraphyses simple or branched, 
scarcely thickened at the apices, hyaline, septate, in- 
volved in a scarcely visible gelatine. 
Saccobolus neglectus—Boud., “ Ascob.,” p. 41, t. 9, 
f. 20; Phil. and Plow., “Grevillea,” 10, p. 69; Gill, 
“Champ.,” p. 141. 
