353 
Coprophilons Fungi. 
longo apicem versus subhyalino; ascis oblongis circ. 35 x 14 fx, octo- 
sporis citissime diffluentibus sporis discoideis a fronte orbicularibus 
7-9 /x diam., a latere ellipticis 4 n latis atrobrunneis, ad rostri apicem 
singulatim eructatis et tandem massam subglobosam nigrum forman- 
tibus. 
Hab . — In fimo Caprae sinaiticae (Sinaitic Ibex) et Ovis burrhel 
(Burrhel Wild Sheep), Kew, Mar. 1891. 
A congeneribus sporis discoideis statim dignoscenda. 
The minute perithecia, when perfectly ripe, attract attention from 
the black globular mass of spores at the apex of the beak. Each 
spore is singly expelled from the basal part of the perithecium up the 
neck, and in the process of being discharged is clearly visible in the 
nearly hyaline upper part of the beak. The spores are very dark 
brown, and perfectly discoid in shape. 
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