540 ^CIDIACEI. 



var. y. thalictri. G?^ev. Clusters roundish ; peridia oblong. 

 — FckJ.exs. 7w.'2Gd. ^cidiuinthalictri. Grev.t.A. Eng.Fl.Y. 

 p. 371. Seem. Journ. ii. p. 35. Cooke M.F.j). 191. 



On leaves of Thalictrum minus, alpinumy &c. 



The form on leaves of Rmumcidus ficaria is one of the earliest of spring 

 fungi in making its appearance . 



1616. JEcidium galii. Pers. " Bed-straw Cluster Cups." 

 Spermogones ? 



Protospores. Spots linear or oblong, obscurely brown ; 

 peridia scattered, rarelj aggregate, dentate, whitish ; spores 

 egg-yellow. — Pers. Syn. p. 207. Berk. Ann. N.H. no. 490. Seem. 

 Journ. ii.|). 37. Cooke M.F. t. 2,f. 15-17. Cookeexs.no. 9. FckL 

 exs. 7ZO.280. 



On leaves of Galium veimm and G. mollugo. 



1617. .fficidium bunii. D.C. *' Pig-nut Cluster Cups." 

 Spermogoxes ? 



Protospores. Spots obliterated; subiculum thickened; 

 peridia in irregular subrotund or oval heaps ; spores orange. — 

 D.C. Fl. Fr. vi.29. 96. Eng. Fl. v. p. 370. Seem. Journ. ii.p. 37. 

 Cooke M.F. p. 192. Fckl. exs. no. 1928. 



On Bunium hulhocastanum and Pimpinella saxifraga. Spring. 



var. /3. poterii. Cooke. Peridia circinating or scattered. 

 ^cidium p}oterii. Cooke Seem. eToMr?!. ii. />. 39, i. 14./*. 3. Cooke 

 M.F. p. 193. 



On leaves and petioles of Poterium sanguisoi^ha. May. June. 

 Darenth. 



1618. JEcidium valeirianacearum. Duhj. " Valerian Cluster 



Cups." 



Spermogones ? 



Protospores. Hypogenous, rarely cauline; spots on a thick- 

 ened subcircular or oblong base ; peridia scattered, more or less 

 crowded, cup -shaped, tawny, margin erect, denticulate; spores 

 dirty yellow. — Duhy. Syn. p. 908. Eng. Fl.Y.p. 370. Seem. Journ. 

 ii.p. 37. Cooke 31. F. p. 192. Cooke exs.no. 103. Fckl. exs. no. 

 273. Cooke L.F. no. 66. 



On Valeriana officinalis and F. dioica. 



