304 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
Distinguished from the preceding genus by the 
smaller number of sporidia. 
Chiefly inhabiting dung, but occasionally found on 
vegetable and animal substances. 
Name—aoxée, ascus, paivw, to appear. 
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPECIES. 
A. Exterior glabrous. 
(a) Sporidia globose .. ws. .- specfes 1 
(b) Sporidia elliptic. 
(a) Eight in ascus .. oe ay » 212 
(8) Sixteen in ascus é ee » 13 
B. Exterior rugose, granulate es +  » 14 
co. Exterior hairy ° oe oe es » 15 
Key To THe Srecres, 
Brown or fulvous; margin black .. minutissimus, 
Brown; margin same colour, inflexed oe .. subfuscus. 
Red... .- ‘ ss a o- ae 
Yellow .. oe os a oe . - 2 
Cinereous ae ve oe oe o +. einereous. 
White .. sie ee oo oo . . 
Orange-red .. oo ne wie oe +. aurora. 
1.( Flesh-colour or rosy-flesh .. o oe +. carneus. 
Brick-red sia ae exe ote o° -.  testaceus. 
Pallid-yellow or whitish, rugose .. ais +. consociatus. 
9 Pale yellowish-ochre, translucent, smooth .. «. granuliformis, 
" ) Pallid-ochraceous ; paraphyses often curved -. ochraceus. 
Yellow testaceus, pilose Sa wie oe -. ptlosus. 
Silvery-white; paraphyses clavate .. as -. argenteus, 
Milk-white; paraphyses filiform .. ve -. lacteus. 
3. 4 Dirty-white or yellowish ; paraphyses globose .. ‘microsporus. 
White, 16 sporidia in ascus .. nt 2 seadecimsporus, 
White, spores globose. . ee le a : : Boudieri. 
A. EXTERIOR GLABROUS. 
(a) Sporidia globose 
1. Ascophanus Boudiert. (Renny.) 
Minute, sessile, hemispherical, glabrous, clear white ; 
hymenium plane, papillate; asci broadly cylindraceo- 
clavate; sporidia 8, globose, asperate, hyaline; para- 
physes filiform, stout. 
Ascobolus Boudieri—Renny in litt. cum ico. 
On rabbit.-dung. 
The above description is drawn up from a beautiful 
