P i i
726 E L V E L L A C E l .
regularly rugose, ovate*, or elliptic.—Ur. JU ii. p. 164. Cooke
Seem. J. Bot. May, 1864, fig. 2. Fckl. exs. no. 1849. B. & Br.
Ann. N.H. no. 1083,1.16, / . 24. Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869), x.
i.5 ,/.3 .
On old fir poles. On tlie ground attached to little roots, &c.
Oct. Marlborough Forest.
Sporidia violet coloured wben m ature, irregularly rugose, ovate or elliptic
(‘0007- 0008 in.) ‘0 1 7 7 -’02 m.m. long.
2 1 9 7 . A sco b o lus v ir id is . Curr. “ Green Ascobolus.”
Sessile, plane, or very slightly concave, of a dark, dingy, yellowish
green colour, externally very furfuraceous, almost tomentose
; sporidia elliptic-acuminate, rugoso-striate, amethyst-purple.—
Curr. Linn. Trans.-xxiy. p. 154, 1863. Cooke Seem. Journ.
1864. Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869), x. t. 5 ,/. 4. B. &Br. Ann. N .H.
no. 1081.
On clay ground. Sept. O.ct. Near Bristol.
21.98. A sco b o lus Czouanl. Cooke (non B a u d ). “ Vermillion
Ascobolus.”
Vermillion-red, sessile, fleshy, smooth, first urceolate, then
hemispherical ; hymenium flat, surrounded by a more or less
incised, soft, white, membranceous frill ; asci wide, straight, or
incurved ; sporidia when young having a large nucleus in the
centre, surrounded by a circle of smaller ones, then verrucose,
and finally reticulated; paraphyses filamentous, simple, or forked,
thickened at the apex, and much longer than the asci.—Fckl.
exs. no. 1853. Cooke exs. no. 285. Cooke Seem. J. Bot. May, 1864,
f . 3. B. & Br. Ann. N .H. no. 1085,1.16,/. 26. Ascobolusminiatus,
Crovan (nonPreuss), Ann. des. Sc. Nat. 1858, vol. x. p. 197,1.13,
/ . i. 44—47. Crouania miniata, Fckl. Sym. Myc.p. 320.
On the earth, amongst small mosses. Autumn.
Receptacle composed of round or oval cells, very small, closely packed,
intermixed with articulated, hyaline, anastomosing, or confluent filaments ;
“ sporidia when mature beautifully reticulated, like those of some truffles.”
Boudier (Ann. So, Nat. ( 1869], x. p. 257) says th at this is not an Ascoholus, but
a Peziza (Humaria).
2 1 9 9 . A sco b o lu s JungeTmannlæ.
Ascobolus.”
B . & B r . “ Verdigris
Scattered, sessile, fleshy, smooth, deep verdigris-green ; cups
plane, marginate ; asci slightly clavate ; sporidia elliptic, intense
verdigris-green ; paraphyses clavate at the tips, greenish.
—B. & B r.Ann. N.H. no. 1082,1.16,/. 23. Peziza jungcrmannim,
Nees. Fr. S.M. ii.p. 144. Pseudopeziza jungermannioe, Fckl. Sym.
Myc. p. 291.
On Jungermannioe. Jedburgh, and near Shere.
Asci slightly clavate, at length projecting ; sporidia elliptic (-OOOe in.)
•015 m.m. long, sometimes rather irregular, of an intense verdigris-green
when fresh, as are also the clavate-tipped paraphyses.
B . Stercoricoles, Bond.
2 2 0 0 . A sco b o lu s fu r fu r a c e u s . Pers. “ Mealy Ascobolus.”
Sessile, slightly concave, brown or greenish, externally furfuraceous
; asci clavate, with an inner separable membrane ; sporidia
almond-shaped, biseriate, rngose, amethyst-purple.—Pers.
Obs. i. t. 4, f. 3-6. Fr. S.3L ii.p. 163. Grev. t. 307. Berk. Fng.
U/.v. p. 209. Outl. p. 814. Currey Linn. Trans. xxvT.t.xxY. f.2 ,
10. Rav.exs.Yi.no.81. Fckl. exs. no. 1182. Cooke Seem. Journ.
May, 1864,/ y . l . Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869), x. t. 6,/ . 6-10.
Peziza stercoraria. Bull. t. 376. 538, f . 4. Sow. 1.18, 389./. 3-6.
P. fusca. Bolt. t. 109,/. 2.
On cow dung, all the year. Very common. {Fig. 338.)
[United States.]
2 2 0 1 . A sco b o lu s v iu o s u s . B . “ Purplish Ascobolus.”
Sessile, at first globose, then depressed, smooth, dull purple,
orifice laciniate ; asoi nearly linear, thickest at their tips ; sporidia
elliptical, rugose, at first colourless, then purple, eventually
brown.—PctP. Eng. Fl. Y . p . 209. Outl.p. 374. Cooke Seem. J.
B o t. M a y ,1864. Berk. exs. no. 159. B. & Br.Ann. N.H. no. 1088*
t. 16,/. 25. Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1 8 6 9 / x. t. 6, / . 11. Fckl. exs.
no. 1852.
On rabbit dung.
Sporidia ,-0006--0008 in.) •015--0177 m.m. long. Stylospores occur in this
species oecasioually at the tips of the paraphyses ; cup 1 hne broad, adhering
by branched threads, at first globose, then nearly plane, opening with
about five laciniæ, which, as it expands, are again divided. M.J.B.
2 2 9 2 . A sco b o lu s æ ïu g in e u s . Fr. “ Dull-green Ascobolus.”
Gregarious, sessile, nearly plane, marginate, smooth, greenish ;
asci clavate, attenuated downwards ; sporidia elliptic, violet, or
violet purple.—Fries. Obs. \i. p. 810. Sys. Myc. H.p. \64. Cooke
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