744 Discomyeetefe, Phacidieae, Scolecosporce. Coccomyces. 



ciula Nyl, Flora 1874, p. 13, Wain. Adj. Lich. Lapp. II, p. 155. — 

 RotuDdatum, planum vel convexum, immarginatum, nigrum, nudura, 

 opacum, circ. 0,1 ram. lat. ; ascis piriformibus, minoribus, 8-spo- 

 ris; sporidiis ovoideis, 1-septatis, hyalinis, 7-11 s 3-4 ; paraphysi- 

 bus indistinctis; hymenio jodo vinose rubente. 



Hab. supra thallum et apothecia Baeoraycetis carneiin 

 par. Kianta Feryiiae (Edw. Wainio). 



9. Celidium proxlmellum (Nyl.) Karst, Rev. p. 164, Arthonia proxi- 

 mella Nyl. Lich. scand. p. 262, Melaspilea proximella Nyl. in 

 Norrl. Torn. p. 342. — Rotundatum, planum, tenuiter margiua- | 

 tum, nigrum, opacum, minutum, epithecio fusco-nigricante vel oH- 

 vaceo, hypothecio hyalino, lutescente vel dilute fuscescente ; ascis 

 piriformibus, apice merabrana incrassata, 40-60 =; 20-22, 8-sporis; 

 sporidiis ovoideis 1-septatis (raro 2-septatis), medio haud raro con- 

 strictis, hyalinis vel deraum obscuris, 18-22=; 7-9; paraphysibus 

 distinctis, cohserentibus, apice clavatis; hymenio jodo fulvescente v. 

 dilute rubescente. 



Hab. ad corticem Juniperi passim in Fennia et Lapponia. 



Secf. 5. Scolecosporse Sacc. 



COCCOMYCES De Not. Mem. in Giorn. bot. it. vol. II, p, 38 (1847) ? 

 [Etym. coccos granum et mr/cefQ, Phacidii et Coccophacidii spec. 

 Auct. — Ascomata carnoso-ceracea, hemisphaerico-depressa, uda 

 tumidula, fuscescentia, orbiculari-polygona, epithecio cum epider- 

 raide tegente concreto, a centro versus arabitum in lacinias plures • 

 diviso. Asci tereti-clavati, paraphysati, octospori. Sporidia filiforraia 

 vel fusoideo-filiformia, septata vel continua, subhyalina. 



1. Coccomyces coronatus (Schum.) De Not. in Erb. critt. ital. ser. I. 

 n. 236, Karst, Fenn. I, p. 256, Sacc. Fung. it. f. 1298, Ascobolus 

 Schura. Saell. II, p. 437, Lophodermium Phacidium De Not, Pir. 

 ister. p. 42, Phacidium coronatum Fr. Obs. I, p. 167, Pez. comi- 

 tialis Batsch Elench. f. 152, Xyloma pezizoides Pers. Ic. pict. 

 t. X, f. I. — Innatus, orbicularis, heraisphaerico-depressus, nigri- 

 cans, in lacinias plures acutas dehiscens, disco flavescente, 1-2 mm. 

 lat.; ascis clavatis 140^:12-15, longe crassiuscule stipitatis, apice 

 subtruncatis, paraphysibus filiformibus apice curvatis obvallatis, 

 octosporis; sporidiis bacillaribus v. subclavulatis, 4-5-nucleatis v. 

 varie guttulatis, hyalinis, 35-75 s 2-3 ,5. 



Hab. iu foliis dejectis fagineis, quercinis, castaneis, Be- 

 tulae, Carpini, Rubi in Suecia, Britannia, Belgio, Italia, Gallia. 



