CLADONIA.I CI, \l)ii.MKr. 105 



33. C. deformis Hotfm. Deutach. Fl. ii. (17J»5) p. I2u.— TluiUus 

 foliaceo-sijuamulose at the base ; leaflets moderate or somewhat 

 large, pale-green above, whitish beneath ; podetia elongate, turgid, 

 simple, efoliolose, tuba:formi-scvphiferous, sulphureo-pulverulcnt : 

 scy])hi regular or difforra, crenato-dentate or irregularly proliferous 

 at the margins ( Kf-|- yellowish, K(CaC'l) + yellow). Apothecia dis- 

 crete or conglomerate ; spores 0,008-10 mm. long, 0,003-4: mm. 

 thick.— Cromb. Lioh. Brit. p. 21 ; Leight. Lich, Fl. p. 68, ed. 3, 

 p. 63. — CJadonia coccifera c.deforniis Mudd, Man. p. 61, Brit. Clad. 

 p. 30. Sciiphophorus deformis Sm. Eng. Fl. v. p. 244 : Gray, Xat. 

 Arr. i. p. 442. Ctnomi/ce dt^formis Hook. Fl. Scot. ii. p. 63. Lichen 

 deformis Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 11-52 : Eng. Bot. t. 1394. — Liclien 

 defonnis of Hudson and our older authors is referable to the next 

 species. — Brit. Krx. : Mudd, n. 2-5, Clad. n. 68 ; Bohl. n. 30. 



From var. pleurota of C. curnucopioides, with w Lich it is comparable, 

 this is distinguished by the elongate, moi>e turgid, and ditferently coloured 

 podetia. These are souietinws nearly tissiired throughout, more or less 

 corticate, and when sterile are coniute. The apothecia, which are at 

 length conglomerate, are very rare iu Great Britain, and are seldom seen 

 rightly developed. 



Hab. On the gi'ound among heaths m wooded upland tracts. — Distr. 

 Not very general nor common in W. and N. England, more frequent 

 among the Scottish Grampians, especially in Braemar : not seen from 

 Ireland. — B. M. : Hay Coppice, Herefordshire ; Guisboro' Moor and 

 Loundsdale, Cleveland. Yorkshire: Windermere, Westmoreland; Alston, 

 Cumberland. Appin, Argyleshire ; Craig Calliach and Rannoch, Perth- 

 .«hire ; Linn of Dee, Beu-naboord, and Loch Phadrig, Braemar, Aberdeen- 

 shire ; Rothiemurchus Wciods, Inverness-shire ; near Forres, Elginshue. 



Form 1. gonecha Xyl. 8yn. i. (1860) p. £22. —Podetia longer, 

 gradually incrassate upwards from the base ; the scyphi dilated, 

 irregular, lacero-radiale. Apothecia somewhat large, confluent. — 

 Cromb. Grevillea, xi. p. 114. — Bcromyces defonnis y. qonechns Ach. 

 Meth. (^1803) p. 33-5. 



This form is characterized by the larger, turgid podetia, and by the 

 irregular form of the scyphi. The only British specimens gathered are 



sterile. 



Hab. On peaty .soil amongst stunted heaths on subalpine moorlands. — 

 Diatr. Very local and rare among the N. Gi-ampians and in the X.W. 

 Highlands, Scotland. — B. M. : B illochbuie Forest, Braemar, Aberdeen- 

 shire ; Ben FeiTog, Inverness-shire. 



Form 2. pnlvinata Xyl. Lich. Scand. (1861) p. 60.— Thallus 

 pulvinato-congested at the base, the podetia short, narrow, curvato- 

 tle.\uo.se and lacero-fissured, substerile. — Cromb. Grevillea, xv. p. 46. 

 — Cenomyce pidviruita Ach. Lich. Univ. (1810) p. 544. 



The small pulvinate basal thallus. consisting of minute imbricate leaf- 

 letiS, and the less developed, curved, and tissiired podetia are the dis- 

 tinctive marks of this form, which, however, is connected with the type 

 by intermediate states. It is never seen with the apothecia rightly 

 developed. 



