PHACIDIACEI. 753 



ovate ; sporidia oblong, minute. — Kze. M.H. \.p. 85. Fr. S.M. 

 u.p. 576. FcJcl. Sym. Myc. p, 262. 



On leaves of Scotch fir. (A. Jerdon.) 



Orbicular or subovate ^-1 line broad, opaque, allied to P. lacerum. — Fries. 



2269. Phacidium repandum. Fr, " Repand Phacidium." 



Innate, subrotiind, pallid-green, at length black, splitting into 

 unequal obtuse lacinite ; disc dingy-brown ; asci linear ; spores 

 oblong, minute. — Fr. S.M. ii. p. 578. A. ^ S. 1. 14, /. 6. Eng. 

 Fl.y.p.'29d. Cooke L.F. no. SI. Cooke exs. no. 283. 



On stems and leaves of various plants. 



Tbe habit, size, and general appearance is more like that of a Peziza or 

 Ascoholus than a Phacidium. The plants on which it occurs (as Asj^erula 

 odorata and Sherardia) are often still livdng when the parasite makes its ap- 

 pearance. Fuckel considers that three species are confounded together 

 nu^ev PhacidiMin repandum. Fr. 



2270. Phacidium trifolii. Bond. " Clover Phacidium." 



Sessile, epiphyllous, minute, rather plane, smooth, pale yellow ; 

 sporidia elliptical, rather small, sometimes with a nucleus at each 

 end. — Bond. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1869). x. p. 69. Ascoholus Trifolii 

 Biv.Bernh St. rar.t. 6,/. 3. Berk. exs. no. 69. Fr. S.M. ii.p. 165. 

 Desm. exs. no. 520. Berk. Eng. Fl. v. p. 209. Outl.p. 374. Cooke 

 Seem. Joarn. May (1864). Cooke exs. no. 331. Pseudopeziza tri- 

 folii, Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 290. 



On living clover leaves. [Mid. Carolina.] 



2271. Phacidium ranunculi. Desm. " Crowfoot Phacidium." 



Hypophyllous, spots indeterminate, uniform, black, erumpent, 

 subgregarious, unequal ; sporidia pyriform, or obovate, with a 

 septum towards the narrow end. — Dothidea Ranunculi, Eng. Fl. 

 v./;. 287. Fr.S.M. \i. p. 562? Cooke exs no. 280. Berk. exs. no. 

 347. 



On fading leaves of Ranuncidus repens, &c. 

 The asci and sporidia are large for the size of the plant. 



2272. Phacidium ilicis. Fries. " Holly Phacidium." 



Stylospores. Stroma containing 3-5 cells, orbicular, plane, 

 black, shining, penetrating the matrix, splitting into 3-5 plane, 

 short lacini^e. — Ceuthosporaphacidioides,Grev.t. 253. Eng. Fl.\. 

 p. 283. Moug. exs. no. 560. B.C. Mem. JMus.n.t. 3,/. 8. 



var. h. pulveracea. Disc pulverulent ; cells sub-triangular, 

 circinating ; spores white. — Desm. exs. no. 1626. B. 4' Br. Ann. 



