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ASCO BOLUS F U R FD llA C E ü S .
Common Ascoholus.
C la s s a n d O k d e k CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, N a t . O ed . FUNGI, Link.
g e n e r ic c h a r a c t e r .
Receptaculum carnosum, primo clausum, demum planiusculum, marginatum.
Asci prominentes, demum elastice dissilientes.
Receptacle fleshy, at first closed, at length somewhat plane, marginated.
Asci prominent, at length elastically ejected.
SPECIFIC c h a r a c t e r .
A s c o b o lg s furfura ceus; sessilis, subconcavus, fuscus vel virescens, externe
F r i e s .
A. sessile, somewhat concave, brownish pr greenish, externally furfuraceous.
A s c o b o lu s furfuraceus, Pers. Obs. Myc. 1- p. S3, t. 4. f. 3-6. Syn. Fung.
p. 676.—Mycol. Europ. v. 1. p. 340— Alb. et Sckrvein. p. SiS,.— Schum.
FI. Soell. V. 2. p. 436.— Rebent. FI. Neom. p.- 388— Mart. FI. Erlang.
p. 472 Schwein. Fung. Carol. No. \%70-— Fries, Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 16S.
Hook. FI. Scot. Pt. 2. p. 33.— Grev. FI. Edin. p. 426.
P e z i z a s te r c o ra r ia . Bull. Champ, p . 2 5 6 . t. 37 6 .—Sow. Fung. t. 18. e t 380.
f. 3 , _ 6 . _ D c Cand. FI. Franç. v. 2. p . 79.— Ejusd. Syn. p . \6 .-W i lh . Bot.
Arr. V. 4. p . 4 2 1 .—Purt. Midi. FI. v. 2. p . 687-
P e z i z a fu s c a . Bolt. Fung. t. lOg. f 2.
P e z i z a a t r a , Huds. FI. Angl. v . 2. p . 63g.
H ab. On cow-dung, common throughout the year.
Plant of a greenish, olivaceous, or brownish colour, gregarious, sessile, 1-2
lines in breadth, the exterior roughish or furfuraceous, at first globose
and closed, then gradually opening, the margin thin and inflexed, at
length becoming plane or somewhat concave, with the margin erect.
Disk of the hymenium dotted with little black points, which are the summits
of the Asci. These, in the young state, are concealed, but, as they
arrive at maturity, are exserted, and at length ejected with an elastic
force. They contain eight oval sporidia, which are colourless and pellucid
before the ejection of the asci, b u t at that period become black
and opaque.