324 Mas see and Salmon.— Researches on 
A fact worthy of note is the occurrence on the dung of 
exotic animals from the Zoological Gardens, London, of many 
British species common on the dung of our native and 
domestic animals. As instances of this may be mentioned 
the occurrence in abundance of Ascophanus equinus on the 
dung of Elephant and Mexican Deer ; Ascoholus immersus 
on the dung of Grys-bok, Sinaitic Ibex, &c. ; Sordaria 
fimicola on the dung of Elephant and Kangaroo ; 6'. curvula 
on the dung of Elephant, Giraffe, and Mexican Deer ; 
Sporormia minima on the dung of Giraffe and Dorcas Goat. 
It is obvious therefore that, in many cases at least, no 
character of specific value can be attached to the occurrence 
of a species on the dung of any particular animal. It may 
be remarked, also, that in the Sordarieae the superficial or 
immersed position of the perithecium is to a large extent 
determined by the hard or soft texture of the dung on which 
it is growing. 
Ascomycetes. 
Gymnoascaceae. Endomyces coprop hilus, sp. nov. (Fig. 35). 
Hyphis arachnoideis irregulariter ramosis crebro septati& albis 4-6 \x 
crassis, ascis lateralibus brevissime stipitatis piriformibus vel globulosis 
4-8-sporis 20-30 x 18-25 /x, sporis ellipticis hyalinis 5-6 x 3-3-5 /*• 
Hab . — In fimo equino, Kew, 1894 and Oct. 1900. 
On account of the scattered asci the present Fungus is for the time 
being placed in the genus Endomyces , although it shows little relation- 
ship with any of the described species of this genus. In the present 
plant the creeping mycelium is very delicate and slender, and never 
becomes concentrated to form a patch visible even under a strong 
lens, — hence the species is met with only by chance, and intermixed 
with other Fungi. The Fig. 45, p. 12, in Mass. Brit. Fung. FI., by 
mistake referred to Gymnoascus Reessii , , represents the present species. 
Araehniotus ruber (van Tiegh.), Schroet. in Cohn’s Krypt.-Fl. 
Schles., Bd. iii, Halfte 2, 21 1 (1893). 
Gymnoascus ruber , van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxiv, 159 
(1877); Sacc. Syll. Fung, viii, 823 (1889); Mass. Brit. Fung. FI. iv, 
19 (1895). 
Hab . — On the dung of Burrhel Wild Sheep (Oms burrhel ), and 
not uncommon on dog’s dung, Kew, Feb.-Mar. 1891. 
