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BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



On decaying wood ; on decorticated branches in damp 

 places, etc. 



Usually small, scattered, dark green, convex, of a 

 decidedly gelatinous texture. 



Name Ater, black, virens, green. 



Near Ludlow, Shropshire ! The Wrekin, Shropshire ! 

 near Bristol ! (Mr. C. Bucknall). 



GENUS V. CALLORIA. Fries (amended). 



Gelatinous, at first spherical, immarginate, then be- 

 coming plane or concave, sessile or substipitate ; for the 

 most part bright-coloured, with no distinct excipulum ; 

 sporidia 8, minute. (Plate X. fig. 63.) 



Spermogonia occur in fusarioides. 



Rarely exceeding J to f of a line broad ; soft when 

 moist, slightly horny when dry. 



Growing on dead wood, herbaceous stems, and fungi. 



Name KaAAoe (icaXoe), beauty ; beautifully coloured 



ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPECIES. 

 A. Exterior of cups pubescent 



(a) Sporidia fusiform 

 (6) Sporidia cylindrical 



B. Exterior of cups glabrous 

 (a) Sporidia subglobose 

 (6) Sporidia elliptic , 

 (c) Sporidia fusiform, 

 (a) Simple . . 

 (j8) Septate . . 

 (c?) Sporidia filiform 



0. Doubtful 



species 1,2 

 3 



,5 * 



5-8 



0-11 

 12.13 

 14-18 

 19 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



Hymenium some shade of red 

 Hymenium some shade of yellow 

 Hymenium white 

 , (Taraphyses filiform . . 



' \Paraphyses globose or subglobose at the apices 



(Exterior woolly, rosy-pink : growing on Sterium 



Exterior glabrous, bright red : on Com'um macnlatum 



(Exterior glabrous, reddish flesh-colour : on Rubus 



taj . \ CcGoC-M'O 



Exterior glabrous, flesh-red : on dead wood 

 Exterior glabrous, orange-colour : seated on a Tape- 

 sium . . 



1 



4 



6 



2 



3 



stereicola. 



coniicola. 



rubicolor. 

 rubella. 



