Coprophilous Fungi. II. 73 
on the dung of Giraffe and Burrhel Wild Sheep, associated in the 
latter case with an abundant growth of C. murorum , Corda. 
C. murorum, Corda. 
Hab. — On dung of Llama and Common Camel, Kew, June, 1901. 
Sordaria bombardioides, Auersw. 
-S', bombardioides , Auersw., in Niessl. Beitr. zur Kenntniss der Pilze, 
p. 37, Tab. vi, f. 4 (1872); Sacc. Syll. Fung, i, 233 (1882); Griffiths 
in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, xi, 43, PL 4, ff. 4-7 (1901). 
Perithecia gregarious, superficial, often confluent at the base in 
small groups, elliptical or oblong, base narrower, slightly rugulose, 
at apex umbilicate and minutely papillate, bay then blackish, 1-1-5 mm « 
high; asci cylindrical, narrowed below into a short stalk, 160-220 
X 20-25 /G spores 8, obliquely 1 -seriate, elliptical, greenish then purple, 
finally opaque brown, with a thin external mucilaginous layer, 24-29 
X 12-14 ju; paraphyses slender, agglutinated. 
Hab. — On dung of Llama ( Lama guanaco ), Kew, Sept. 1901. 
(Distrib. — Germany, on Hares’ dung; United States, on dung of Horse 
and Cow.) 
The wall of the perithecium is readily separable into two layers : an 
outer tough and elastic one, with the component hyphae more or less 
obliterated and fused into a homogeneous mass ; and an inner obovate, 
very thin, hyaline cellular membrane enclosing the asci. 
S. neglecta, Hans. (Figs. 44-48). 
S. neglecta , Hans., in Vidensk. Meddel. 1876, 335, Tab. ix, ff. 12-18 
(1876-77); Sacc. Syll. Fung, i, 232 (1882). 
We have already (I. p. 339) noticed the occurrence of this species of 
Sordaria in Britain. In its usual form the perithecia are glabrous 
and subimmersed in the dung. An interesting form has occurred 
on Giraffes’ dung, after it had been kept for some time in a tin box. 
In this form the perithecia are superficial, and are enveloped right up 
to the neck in white floccose mycelium, the hyphae of which originate 
from the wall of the perithecium. When the perithecia are densely 
gregarious, this mycelial weft often becomes more or less confluent, 
as shown at Fig. 45. The long cylindrical asci (about 470 x 30-45 \i) 
contain eight monostichous spores, which measure 45-50 x 25-28 /x, 
and possess a stout, subpersistent, often curved appendage at each 
end (Fig. 46). The perithecia are large, about 1 mill, high and 
1 mill, broad, with a black papilliform neck. These features are all 
characteristic of S. neglecta, and there seems no doubt that the form 
