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2223. Stictis (Eustictis) nivea. Pers. " Snowy Stictis." 



Elliptic, very thin, white. — Pers. M.E.p. ii. 339. Fr. S.M. 

 n.p. 196. Berk. Ann. N.H. no. 167. Desm. exs. no. 763. 

 On Pinus pinaster. Milton, Norths. 



2224. Stictis (Eustictis) lichenicola. Mont. '' Lichen 



Stictis." 



Erumpent, between fleshy and waxy, cupulgeform ; disc grey- 

 black, nearly plane ; margin obtuse, blackish, cinereous, crack- 

 ing in a stellate manner ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia obovate or 

 elliptical, with many nuclei, then septate, or fenestrate. — Mont. 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. Y.p. 281, t. 13,/. 3. Berk. Ann. N.H. no. 166. 



On foliaceous Ccenomyces. Wareham. Isle of Skye. 



'* I am not at all sure that it is a true fungus. Its sporidia, as Montagne 

 remarks, and my own observations confirm the fact, are exactly like those of 

 Urceolaria scrujjosa." — M.J.B. 



2225. Stictis (Eustictis) hystexioides. JDesm. " Sedge 



Stictis." 



Immersed, closed, hysteriform, then erumpent, prominent, 

 open, ovate-oblong, or suborbicular ; border brown-black, sub- 

 granulate ,* hymenium waxy, tawny, or rufous ; asci cylindrical; 

 sporidia oblong, obtuse, straight, hyaline, with four nuclei. — 

 Desm. Ann. Sc. Nat. xix. (1843), p. 365. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 

 314. Berk. exs. wo. 308. Propolis hi/sterioides, Fckl. Sym. Myc. 

 p. 255. 



On Carices. 



2226. Stictis (Eustictis) chrysophsea. Fr. " Golden-yellow 



Stictis." 



Erumpent, orbicular ; disc concave, reddish ; border rather 

 thickened, golden yellow ; asci clavate ; sporidia fusiform. — Fr. 

 S.M. ii. p. 194. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 966, 1. 16,/. 19. Pers. Ic. 

 P.t.8J.l,2. 



On dead wych-elm. Batheaston. 



Sporidia fusiform ('005 in.) '127 m.m. long. 



2227. Stictis lecanoxa. Schm. " Willow Stictis." 



Erumpent, fleshy, tremellose, patell^eform, tawny ; margin 

 somewhat lacerated, sprinkled with a whitish meal. — Schm. ^ 

 Kze.exs.no. 174. B.^Br. Ann. N.H. (1866), wo. 1172. Fr. S.M 

 ii.p. 195. 



On dead willow twigs. Jedburgh. 



