Pleurage amphicornis

Pleurage amphicornis (Ellis) Kuntze, Rev
Gen. 3' : 505. 1898.
Sphaeria amphicomis KHis, Bull. Torrey Club 6 : 109. 1876. Sphaeria extmia Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 28 : 78. 1876. Podospora amphicomis KHis & Ev. N. Am. Pyrenom. 130. 1892. Sordaria amphicomis Sacc. Syll. Fung! 1 : 235. 1882.
Perithecia scattered, superficial or with base slightly sunken, 350-400 X 450-600 /i, membranaceous to coriaceous, black and covered sparingly with short, straight, septate, brown hairs, ovoid to ovoid-conic with short, flat, papilliform, black ostiolum ; asci 8-spored, clavate, contracted and rounded above, and tapering below into a short, stipe-like base, 32-35 X 185-225 j" ; characteristics of the paraphyses uncertain ; spores 2-seriate, ellipsoid, somewhat sharply rounded at the ends, 14-18 X 24-32 j", dark-brown and opaque when mature ; primary appendage cylindric, straight, about one-third to two-thirds as long as spore ; secondary appendages long, lash-like, gelatinous, attached to apex of spore and tip of primary appendage, composed of 2 closely united filaments which become indistinguishable
distally.
On rabbit dung.
Type locality : Newfield, New Jersey.
Distribution : Ontario to New Jersey.