392 BKITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



Name From the plant on which it grows. 

 Lubcroy, Sutherlandshire (Mr. C. Babington). 



9. Phacidium abietinum. Schmidt. 



Erumpent, subrotund, convex, then depressed, black, 

 splitting into 3 to 4 obtuse laciniae ; hymenium cinereous ; 

 asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, oblong-fusiform, 

 10 14 X 4'5/i ; paraphyses filiform, slender. 



Phacidium abietinum Schmidt in " Myco. Heft.," i. 

 p. 35 ; Fries, " Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 576 ; Fckl, " Symb. 

 Myco.," p. 262; Cooke, "Handbk.," No. 2268; Gill., 

 " Champ.," p. 165. 



Exs.- -Roumg., " Fung. Gal," 659. 



On fallen leaves of Scotch pine. 



Orbicular, J a line broad. 



Name Abies, the generic name of the tree on which 

 it was first found. 



Scotland (A. Jerdon). Carlisle (Dr. Carlyle). 



10. Phacidium striatum. Phil, and Plow. 



Scattered, orbicular, rugose-striate, splitting into 5 to 

 6 lacinise ; hymenium fuliginous ; asci clavate, attenuated 

 towards the summit ; sporidia 8, lanceolate, simple or 

 1 -septate, 25 30 X 2 4/i ; paraphyses filiform, curved 

 at the apices, numerous. (Plate XII. fig. 76.) 



Phacidium striatum Phil, and Plow, in " Grevillea," 

 xiii. p. 75. 



On dead stems of Rubus. 



About J a line broad ; resembling externally P. 

 rugosum, Fries, but with totally different sporidia. 



Name Stria, a furrow ; marked with lines. 



Dinmore, Herefordshire ! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 



C. SPORIDIA FILIFORM OR SUBFILIFORM. 



11. Phacidium Pini. (A. and S.) 



Scattered or crowded, erumpent, subrotund, hemi- 

 spherical, depressed, at first closed, shining, black, at 

 length splitting into obtuse lacinise ; hymenium pale 

 fuliginous ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, filiform, 



