174 ON THE RARER LICHENS OF BLAIR ATHOLE. 



61. Vexxucaxia pyxenophoxa. Ach. — Sparingly gathered on cal- 

 careous rocks of Craig Tulloch. 



62. V. integxa. Nyl. — Plentiful on calcareous rocks of Craig 

 Tulloch. 



63. V. spilobola. Nyl. — Very rare, on calcareous stones of Craig 

 Tulloch, only a single specimen having been gathered. 



64. V. Epipolytxopa. Mudd. — Sparingly on the thallus of 

 Lecanora polytropa, on walls of Craig Tulloch. 



65. Melanotheca gleatinosa. (Chkv.)— Apparently common on 

 the trunks of young alders, by the side of the Garry, associated 

 with Verrucaria rhyponta. 



Of the above G5 lichens, eight are new species, as yet found only 

 in this district, seven are new varieties and forms ; while, exclusive 

 of these, seven others are now for the first time recorded as British. 

 A further exploration of the district would, no doubt, bring other 

 varieties to light, as my attention was directed chiefly to those 

 localities in which primary limestone is associated with mica, slate, 

 and quartz, — a geological combination which always yields the 

 Lichenist, everywhere throughout the Grampians, a rich and rare 

 harvest, e.g., Ben Lawers, Movione, Crag Guie, &c. Many other 

 interesting species were met with, and many which might have been 

 expected to occur, such as Parmelias and Stictas, were but few in 

 number. To those interested in the geographical distribution of 

 our British Lichens, I may state that there is a marked contrast in 

 many respects between the Lichen-flora of the Central Grampians 

 in Blair Athole and that of the S.W. Grampians in Braedalbane, 

 as also between it and that of the N. Grampians in Braemar. 



BRITISH FUNGI. 



By M. C. Cooke. 



( Continued from p. 15G.) 



Sphaexia (Immersae) parallela. Fr. " Parallel Sphasria." 

 Immersed, black ; perithecia globose, disposed in lines ; ostiola 



rather prominent, crowded, globose, even. Asci snbcylindrical ; 



sporidia linear, obtuse, straight or curved, uniseptate, pale brown. 



—Fries. Ex., No. 3. Fries Sys. Myc.,\\. 373. Sphceria linearis. 



Grev. in Herb. Ed. 



On decorticated pine wood. Scotland. (Dr. Greville.) 



The specimen, on the authority of which this species is recorded 



as British, is in the Edinburgh Herbarium. It accords exactly with 



Fries's Scler. Suec. No. 3. Sporidia (-0004 in.) -01 m m. long. 



Sphaexia (Obtectae) xhodobapha. B. 4' Br. " Red Staining Sphasria. 

 Perithecia semi-immersed, compressed, ostiola papillaaform ; the 



