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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 — icaXXog (kuXoq), beauty; beautifully coloured 



species 1 , 2 

 „ 3 



Arrangement of the Species. 

 a. Exterior of cups pubescent 



(a) Sporidia fusiform . . . . . 



(b) Sporidia cylindrical , . 

 8. Exterior of cups glabrous 



(a) Sporidia subglobose 



(b) Sporidia elliptic . . . . 



(c) Sporidia fusiform. 



(a) Simple . . 



(&) Septate 



(d) Sporidia filiform 

 C. Doubtful 



Key to the Species. 



H) T menium some shade of red 

 Hymenium some shade of yellow 

 Hymenium white 

 (Paraphyses filiform 



\ Paraphyses globose or subglobose at the apices 

 'Exterior woolly, rosy-pink : growing on Sterium 

 Exterior glabrous, bright red : on Conium maculatum 

 Exterior glabrous, reddish flesh-colour : on Rubus 



*■ . s CcCMuo •• •■ •• •• • • • • 



Exterior glabrous, fieth-red : on dead wood 

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

 siuui . . 



4 



5-8 



9-11 

 12.13 

 14-18 

 19 



1 

 4 

 6 

 2 



o 

 O 



stereicola. 

 coniicola. 



rubicolor. 

 rubella. 



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