Chondriodennd . 213 



3—4- ^ at base, sliyhtly attenuated upwards, forked, pale brown 

 or colourless; spores globose, smooth, dingy violet, 10 — 13 /x 

 diameter. 



Ghondriodcrvia difforme, Rost,, Mon., p. 177, fio-s. 137, 164, 

 165; Cooke, Myx. Brit., p. 39, figs. 137, 164, 165; Sacc.,' Syll.,' 

 1282; Raunk., 83. 



CJwndrioderma Cnhcnsc (B. and C), Rost., Mon. Append., 

 p. 19; IHderma Cuhcnsc, B. and C, Journ. Linn Soc v x 

 p. 347. ' ' " 



Ex8icc.—Uh., PI. Crypt. Ard., Fasc. III., 276 (as Didervia 

 liceoides)', Fckl, Fung. Rhen., 2300 (as Didcrma liceoidcs)- 

 Rabh., F. Eur., 1423 (as Didymiitm Lihertianum, De Bary); 

 Rab.-Wint., Fung. Eur., 3172; Roum., Fung. Gall., 1311 and 

 2956; Rab., Herb. Myc, 456; Roum., Fung. Gall., 243 (as 

 Diderma candidum); Sydow, Myc. March., 1497; Desra., Cr. 

 Fr., Ser. I., 370 (as Diderma difforme); Fuckel, Fung. Rhen., 

 1464 (as Leocarpus calcareus, Link); Ellis, N. Amer. Fung., 

 1217; not typical, the spores smaller than in type, and the 

 inner wall bright grey. 



On twigs, leaves, &c. Britain (Elmsted, Kew, Northampton, 

 Rudloe, Twycross, Carlisle, Scarboro', Linlithgow, Appin, N. B.) ; 

 France ; Germany ; Switzerland ; U. States ; India ; Australia. 



Sporangia 1 — 2 mm. across when circular, hemispherical in 

 section. 



(Rostafinski's Synonyms.) 

 Fu'ticularia angulata, Pers. in Gmel, p. 1472 (1791). 

 Didcrma difforme, Pers. Disp., p. 9 (1797); Icon. Pict., t. 12 



f. 3— 5; Nees, f. 105. 

 Lieca caesia, Schum. Saell, 1500 (1803). 

 Physancm difforme, Link, Diss., i., 27 (1809). 

 Am2jhis!porinm versieolor, Fr., Gast., 19 (1818). 

 Licea alba, Nees, in Kze., Myk., Heft., ii., 66 (1823). 

 Lyeorjala mimdum, Grev., S. C. Fl., t. 40 (1823). 

 Betieularia imsilla, Fr., Orb. Vet., i., 147 (1825). 

 Diderma eyanescens, Fr., S. M., iii., 109 (1829); Eng. Fl., v., 



p. 312; Cooke, Hdbk., No. 1115. 



