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Hab. — In fimo Capreoli capraeae (Roe), Caviae cobayae (Guinea 
Pig), Ovis burrhel (Burrhel Wild Sheep), Ovis vignei (Ural Wild 
Sheep), Kew, Jan.-Feb. 1901. 
The above species appears to be distinct from M. nitida , Sacc. — 
the only other species in the genus— in the simple, not uncinate, 
appendages, which are narrower and more flexuose. It appeared 
first on the dung of an albino Roe, sent from the Zoological Gardens 
by Mr. Bartlett. 
Sphaeriaceae. Chaetomium elatttm, Kze ; Cooke, Handb. Brit. 
Fung. 652 (1871) ; Zopf, Entw. Ascomycet. ( Chaetomium ), 83 (1881). 
C. comatum (Tode), Fr., Sacc. Syll. Fung, i, 221 (1882). 
Hab. — On dung of Red Deer ( Cervus elaphus ), Kew, Dec. 1900. 
C. murorum, Corda ; Cooke, Handb. Brit. Fung. 653 (1871) ; Zopf, 
Entw. Ascomycet. ( Chaetomiutn ), 80, Taf. VI, ff. 13-20 (1881) ; Sacc. 
Syll. Fung, i, 223 (1882). 
Hab. — On dung of Red Deer ( Cervus elapbus), Roe ( Capreolus 
capraea ), Dorcas Goat ( Capra dorcas ), Sinaitic Ibex (C. sinai tic a), 
Burrhel Wild Sheep (Ovis burrhel), and Ural Wild Sheep ( O . vignei ), 
Kew, Jan.-Mar. 1901. 
Sordaria globosa, sp. nov. (Fig. 21). 
Peritheciis subgregariis prirno subimmersis dein plus minus super- 
ficialibus globosis circ. f mm. diam. glabris olivaceis, ostiolo papilli- 
formi atro subcarbonaceo, contextu parenchymatico e cellulis tenuibus 
composito; ascis numerosis cylindraceis deorsum in stipitem longum 
attenuatis octosporis 300-350x35-50^; sporis ellipticis 35-40 x 
20-22 ft, basi tantum appendiculo hyalino cylindraceo saepe attenuato 
persistente recto vel curvulo 25-30 ^ longo auctis. 
Hab. — In fimo Macropodis gigantei (Kangaroo) et Cervi elaphi 
(Red Deer), Kew, Feb. 1901. 
Peritheciis globosis glabris et sporis majusculis basi tantum caudatis 
mox dignoscenda species. 
The Fungus described above is well marked in the globose perithe- 
cia, which are of a rather pale olivaceous colour, with a very dark 
brown or black papilliform ostiolum, and the large spores, each with 
a single basal appendage. The latter is a true cell, with a distinct 
cell-wall. 
S. anserina (Rabenh.), Wint. (Fig. 6). 
Malinvernia anserina , Rabenh. in Herb. Myc., nr. 526. 
