392 BEITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



Name — From the plant on which it grows. 

 Lubcroy, Sutherland shire (Mr. C. Babington). 



9. Phacidiwm abietinum. Schmidt. 



Erumpent, subrotund, convex, then depressed, black, 

 splitting into 3 to 4 obtuse lacinise ; hymenium cinereous ; 

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

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



Phacidiwm 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, \ a line broad. 



Name — Abies, the generic name of the tree on which 

 it was first found. 



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



10. Phacidiwm striatwm. 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/* ; paraphyses filiform, curved 

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



Phacidiwm striatum — Phil, and Plow, in " Grevillea," 

 xiii. p. 75. 



On dead stems of Rwbws. 



About \ 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. Phacidiwm 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, 



