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1448. Ascobolus furfuraceus. Pers. Syn. 672. Sacc. Syll. 
2143. 
Sessile, somewhat concave, brownish, then greenish, externally 
mealy (2-4 m.m.) ; asci cylindrieally clavate, attenuated down- 
wards and stipitate, rounded, almost truncate at the apex, 140-150 
X 20-22 p ; paraphyses filiform, septulate ; sporidia oblong-ellip- 
soid, 22-30 x 10-14 p, at first violet, then vinous brown, longi- 
tudinally striate with branched striae, involved in mucus. 
On cow dung, etc. W. Australia. 
1449. Ascobolus australis. Berk. Linn. Journ. xviii., 389. 
Sacc. Syll. 2149. 
Brown, cup-shaped (5 m.m.); asci clavate; sporidia elliptic, 
purple-brown, even, 60-72 p long, paraphyses linear, broadest at 
the apex. 
On dung. Queensland. 
1450. Ascobolus Fhillipsii. Berk. No. 851. 
Cups concave, with an elevated margin (3-5 m.m.), externally 
wax colour, then tawny, smooth, disc cinereous ; asci clavate ; 
sporidia elliptical, smooth, without striee or reticulations, becoming 
brown (21-28 x 11-13 p) ; paraphyses clavate. 
On cow dung. Queensland. (Fig. 164.) 
1451. Ascobolus Baileyi. B. § Br. Linn. Trans, n., 69. 
Sacc. Syll. 2150. 
Cups at first ochraceous, concave, at length vinous brown, and 
flattened externally, slightly granulate ; asci clavate, prominent ; 
sporidia brown, ovate, even, 15-18 p long, paraphyses linear, 
clavulate at the apex. 
On dung. Queensland. 
1452. Ascobolus Archeri. Berk. FI. Tasm. n., 276. Sacc. 
Syll. 2161. 
Cups undulated, sessile, vinous brown (3 m.m. diam.) ; asci 
clavate ; sporidia amethyst colour, elegantly granulated, 12-13 p 
long, then up to 16-17 p long. 
On charcoal. Tasmania. 
Family V. DERM ATE 2E. Fries. 
Cups urceolate, or at length flattened, subsessile or stipitate, 
corky, leathery, or horny, often mealy outside. 
Gknus 34. UMfULA. Fries. 
Cups stipitate, urn-shaped, contracted, then dehiscing with a 
round or laciniate mouth, coriaceous, brown, mealy or pubescent ; 
sporidia continuous, hyaline. 
1453. Urnula campylospora. Berk. Cooke.— Peziza cam- 
pylospora. Berk. Ft. N. Zeal. 200. Sacc. Syll. No. 640. 
Geopyxis cinereo-nigra. B. 4' Br. Sacc. Syll. 218. Peziza 
cinereo-nigra. B. <£• Br. Linn. Trans, i ., 404, t. 46,/. 16-18. 
Infundibuliform, sooty or cinereous black (21- c.m. broad), cups 
shortly or elongated stipitate, tough, externally smooth, fibrillose, 
