No. 104. 
June, 1894. 
(Sr^trillp. 
A QUARTERLY RECORD OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 
AND ITS LITERATURE. 
FUNGI. 
New or Critical British Fungi. 
By G. Massee. 
Ascobolus bazbatus, Mass, fy Crossl. 
Ascophore up to 1 m.m. diameter, gregarious or crowded, 
hemispherical 
at first, then 
almost or quite 
plane; excipu- 
lum parenchy- 
matous ; cells 
irregularly 
polygonal, 
large; disc 
varying from 
deep orange- 
red to bright 
crimson ; ex- 
t e r n a 1 1 y 
yellowish, 
pilose, hairs 
brown, thick- 
walled, sep- 
tate, conical, 
pointed, 
smooth, 8 0- 
180 x 10-12 fA, 
largest and 
most abun- 
dant near the 
margin ; asci 
c ylindrical, 
apex rounded, 
Ascobolus barbatus, Mass. & Cross!. 1, group of fungi, narrowed at 
natural size ; 2, 3, entire fungus and section, X 75 ; 4, ^ ie a 
cells of excipulum ; 5, ascus with spores and paraphyses ; 
6, spores in various stages of development ; 7, marginal , n( i er pecil- 
hairs ; figs. 4-7 X 500. ce b 8-spored ; 
