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coming purple then brown, 20-26 X 12 /x, rough; spore roughen- 
ings consisting of minute warts ; paraphyses very slender, hyaline. 
On damp soil in woods. 
Type locality : Woods, near Yonkers, New York. 
Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 
3. Ascobolus geophilus sp. nov. 
Apothecia scattered, gregarious, or more rarely crowded, at first 
subglobose, expanding, becoming scutellate to discoid, reaching a 
diameter of 5 mm., externally greenish-yellow, furfuraceous to 
nearly smooth ; hymenium plane or slightly concave, similar in 
color to the outside of the apothecium, roughened by the protrud- 
ing asci and becoming darker as the spores mature, finally almost 
black ; asci clavate, gradually tapering below into a stem-like base, 
reaching a length 200-250/4 and a diameter of 15-18/4, 8-spored 
but often with only 4 spores developed; spores i-seriate, becom- 
ing 2-seriate or irregularly crowded, ellipsoid, at first hyaline, 
becoming violet, then brown, 22-25 X 12-13/4, becoming rough; 
spore-roughenings consisting of verrucose markings and reticula- 
tions, the reticulations consisting of light lines which give rise to 
an irregular net-work ; paraphyses very slender, sparingly 
branched, reaching a diameter of 2 /x, scarcely enlarged above, 
embedded in golden-yellow mucilaginous substance. 
On damp soil. 
Type locality : Europe. 
Distribution: New York to Iowa. 
Illustrations: Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa 6: pi. 
30, f. I. 
4. Ascobolus subglobosus sp. nov. 
Apothecia gregarious or thickly crowded, at first nearly globose, 
expanding and becoming almost discoid, reaching a diameter of 
3-5 mm., externally smooth, greenish-yellow ; hymenium plane, 
convex or irregularly convolute, at first similar in color to the 
outside of the apothecium, becoming dotted over with the ends of 
the protruding asci, finally entirely black; asci subcylindric to 
clavate, gradually tapering below into a stem-like base, 8-spored ; 
spores at first i-seriate, becoming crowded and partially 2-seriate 
as they mature, at first hyaline and containing one oil-drop which 
is often surrounded by numerous smaller ones, becoming violet, 
finally almost black, and opaque becoming rough, reaching a di- 
ameter of 18-20 /X or 18 X 20/4 ; spore-roughenings taking the form 
