ASCOPHANUS, 811 
C. E. Broome). Twyecross (Rev. A. Bloxam). Forden, 
Montgomeryshire! (Rev. J. E. Vize). Lynn! (Mr. C. B. 
Plowright). 
12. Ascophanus ochraceus. (Crouan.) 
Minute, pallid-ochraceous or ochraceous; hymenium 
convex, minutely papillate; asci somewhat fusiform or 
clavate; sporidia 8, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, smooth, 
hyaline, 16 x 94; paraphyses simple or branched, septate, 
slightly thickened above, often curved. 
Ascobolus ochraceus—Crouan, “Flo. Fin.,” p. 57; 
Cooke, “Grevillea,” v. p. 62; Gill, “Champ.,” p. 143. 
Ascophanus ochraceus—Boud., “ Ascob.,” p. 57, t. 11, f. 34. 
Exs.—Cooke, “Fung. Brit,” ed. ii. 559. 
On old cow-dung. Rare. 
About 4 a line broad, fleshy, glabrous. 
Name—Ochra, ochre; the colour of ochre. 
Shrewsbury ! 
13. Ascophanus sexdecimsporus. (Crouan.) 
Scattered, minute, sessile, hemispherical, plane or 
slightly convex, glabrous, white, then greyish-white, at 
length clear yellowish-white; asci oblong, broad, nar- 
rowed at the base; sporidia 16, elliptic, hyaline, smooth, 
11 x 64; paraphyses colourless, simple or branched 
below, straight or curved at the apex, where they are a 
little thickened. 
Ascobolus sexdecimsporus—Crouan, “Ann. Se. Nat.,” 
1858, vol. x. p. 195, t. 18 B, fig. 21-26; “Flo. Fin..” 
p. 56; Cooke, “Jour. Bot.,” 1864, fig. 9; B. and Br. 
“Ann. Nat. Hist.,” No. 1091, t. 17, f. 85; Cooke, 
“Handbk.,” No. 2211. <Ascophanus sexdecimsporus— 
Boud., “Ann. Se. Nat.,” 1869, vol. x. t. 11, f. 35; “Ascob.,” 
. 57. 
In marshes, on droppings of cows and_ horses. 
October. 
Cups 4 to 1 line broad. 
Name—Seadecim, sixteen, omdpoc. a seed. 
