Ascobolus crenulatus P. Karst., Fungi Fenn. Exs. No. 763. 1868.
Description：
Apothecia gregarious, 1-3 mm wide, globose then open to discoid, disc greenish yellow, dotted with protruding asci. Receptacle furfuraceous with prominent crenulate margin. Excipulum of textura globulosa, cells 12-25 μm wide. Asci 8-spored, clavate, 115-200 × 14-15 μm, walls not turning to blue in Melzer's reagent. Ascospores ellipsoid, 14-15 × 7-8 μm, violet to brownish, with longitudinal striae and unilateral mucilaginous substance. Paraphyses filiform, septate, forked, regular or irregular above, sometime enlarged at the tips up to 4-7 μm, embedded in yellowish green mucus.
Specimens：
Taiwan. Hualien: Juisui, on cow dung, 11 Oct. 1994, Y.Z. Wang 9455 (TNM F2570). Kaohsiung: Liukuei, on monkey dung, 30 Nov. 1993, Y.Z. Wang 93111 (TNM F1417). Miaoli: Provincial Miaoli Agri-industrial Vocational High School, on horse dung, 9 Jan. 1996, Y.Z. Wang 9602 (TNM F4460); Provincial Miaoli Agri-industrial Vocational High School, on horse dung, 10 Jan. 1996, Y.Z. Wang 9605 (TNM F4463). Nantou: Huisun Forestry Station, on dung of unknown animal, 27 Dec. 1996, Y.Z. Wang 9650 (TNM F5708).
Habitat：
Coprophilous. On dung of grouse, pheasant, pigeon, raven, deer, porcupine, fox, dog, and rabbit, also on rotten leaves and stalks of herbs.
Distribution：
Cosmopolitan.
References：
Brummelen, J. 1967; Liou, CS and Chen, ZC. 1977.
Provided：
Y. Z. Wang
Note：
This species is characterized by greenish apothecia with prominent notched margins, and small striated ascospores. Brummelen (1967) described the ascospores are smaller as (8-)9.55-15(-16) × (5-)6-8 μm.
Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Pezizales 
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