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p. 54, Brit. Clad. p. 9. Capitularia pyxidata c. macra Florke ia 

 Web. et Mohr, Beitr. ii. (1810) p. 290. Brit. Exs. : Mudd, Clad, 

 n. 12. 



The much shorter and slender podetia and the narrow scyphi cha- 

 racterize this form, which is entirely referable to the above variety. 

 With us it is scarcely, if ever, seen fertile. 



Hub. On putrid trunks in upland localities. Distr. Found only in E., 

 S.W., Central, and N. England, the W. Highlands, Scotland, and S. Ire- 

 land. B. M. : Epping Forest, Essex ; near Bodmin, Cornwall ; Charn- 

 wood Forest, Leicestershire ; Cleveland, Yorkshire. Barcaldine, Argyle- 

 shire. Castlemartyr, co. Cork. 



Yar. I. carneopallida Nyl. Syn. i. (1860) p. 195. Podetia mode- 

 rate, narrow, scyphiferous, whitish or greenish-white-pulverulent ; 

 scyphi narrow, crenate and sometimes proliferous at the margins. 

 Apothecia small, pale flesh-coloured. Cromb. Grevillea, xi. p. 112. 

 Cladonia pyxidata S. carneopallida Mudd, Brit. Clad. p. 11. Capi- 

 talaria pyxidata y. carneopallida Florke in Web. et Mohr, Beitr. 

 ii. (1810) p. 304. Cladonia carneola Mudd, Man. p. 56 (excl. 

 syn.). 



Somewhat similar to the preceding variety, from all states of which it 

 differs in the colour of the apothecia. In this respect it approaches to 

 C. carneola Fr., with which it has occasionally been confounded. The 

 two British specimens seen are only sparingly fertile. 



Hub. On putrid trunks of trees in upland woods. Distr. Seen only 

 from E. England ; no doubt to be detected elsewhere. B. M. : Epping 

 Forest and Snaresbrook, Essex. 



Subsp. C. fibula Nyl. ex Norrl. Medd. Soc. pro F. et Fl. Fenn. 

 (1876) p. 12. Podetia elongate, slender, simple, subcylindrical, 

 white-pulverulent; scyphi narrow or none (K , CaCl ). Apo- 

 thecia small, brown, usually aggregate. Cromb. Grevillea, xi. 

 p. 112. Gladonia pyocidata e. cornuta k. fibula Mudd, Brit. Clad, 

 p. 13. Lichen fibula Ach. Prodr. (1798) p. 194. Scyphophora fim- 

 briata S.fibularia Gray, Nat. Arr. i. p. 420. 



The form of the podetia, which are 1-2 in. long, warrant this being 

 regarded as a subspecies. In the British specimens the podetia are 

 usually ascyphous and well-fertile. From it apparently descend the 

 varieties and forms that follow, all of which are connected by inter- 

 mediate states. 



Hab. On decaying stumps and on the ground among mosses in wooded 

 upland districts. Distr. Gathered only very sparingly in S.W. England, 

 S. Scotland, the S.W. Highlands, and among the S. Grampians. B. M. : 

 Dartmoor, Devonshire. New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire ; Barcaldine, 

 Argyleshire ; Glen Lochay, Killin, Perthshire. 



Form abortiva Cromb. Grevillea, xi. (1883) p. 112. Podetia 

 elongate, rather thicker, white-pulverulent, obtuse or obscurely 

 scyphiferous at the apices ; scyphi subcrenate and somewhat dila- 



