coreus of L ink. The latter is a much larger plant, the flocci
much longer, and the peridiola three or four times larger, though
of the same colour. T o d e , in his observation under Hydrophora
stercorea, alludes to our plant in the following words :
“ Detexi nuperrime varietatem hujus fungi in stercore canino,
pluvia macerato, vegetantem et priori ab omni parte similem,
magnitudine excepta, qua octuplo circiter minorem se mihi
pr^buit.”
T cannot with certainty refer this species to any one described
by British authors.
Fig. 1 . M- caninus, natural size. Fig. 2. A group ( f plants, some o f them
bursting and discharging their sporules ; magnified.
