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forma aporetica, Kbr. granules of thallus deliquescing into a 

 leproso-pulverulent, condition, (KyC red) ; apothecia varying in 

 colour as in the type, margined or immarginate. 



On peaty earth, frequent. 



Not to be confounded with L. gelatinosa, (Flk.) which it externally resembles. 

 Syn :— Korber Syst. 193. (1855.) 

 Exs :— Mudd 166. Tuck. 45. Schaer. 214. Crombie 81. 

 Geog. Distrib :— Switzerland. N. America. 

 Bot. Prov:— 2.. .5. ..10. 



England : — Cliffrigg ! Mr. Mudd. Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. Craigforda ! near 

 Oswestry, Shropshire. Rev. T. Saiwey. Arcoll Hill ! Long Mynd ! Shropshire. 



forma saxatilis, Larbal. 

 W. side of Lough Much, Galway. Mr. Larbaiestier. (1877.) 



54. L. vernalis, (L.) Ach. whitish or albido-cinerascent, very thin, 

 unequal or sub-granuloso-unequal or evanescent, (K — C — ); apothecia 

 rufous or pallido-rufous, adnate, moderate, scattered or crowded, 

 convex, immarginate, palish within ; spores 8, colourless, oblong or 

 ellipsoideo-oblong, simple ; paraphyses indistinct ; epithecium 

 colourless. 



On mosses, frequent. 



Syn:— Linn. Syst. Nat. 3. p. 234. (1768.) Ach. Meth. 68. Syn. 36. Nyl. 

 Scand. 200. Lapp. Or. 145. 



Exs :— Eellm. 153. Tuck. 44. M. & N. 845. 



Geog. Distrib : — Scandinavia, Sweden, E. Lapland, Hungary, North 

 America, N. Zealand, Switzerland. 



Bot. Peov:— 5...15...31. 



England : — Berrow ! Malvern. Mr. Lees. Common in Shropshire ! 



Scotland : — Ben Lawers ; Bennaboord. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Channel Islands ; — Jersey ; Guernsey. Mr. Larbaiestier. 



" Spores 0.013—25 mm. long, 0.005—7 mm. broad. Spores 0.011- 23 mm. 

 long, 0.005 — 7 mm. broad. Gelatinea hymena I pale-blue then vinous-red." 

 (Nyl.) "Spores 0.010—20 mm. long, 0.004—6 mm. broad." (T. M. Fr.J 

 Spores .014— .0145 mm. long. .0045— .005 mm. broad. 



forma minor, Nyl. apothecia much less in size (about one- 

 fourth) than those of the type. 



On trees, probably common. 1866. 



Syn :— Nyl. Not. Sallsk. p. E. et El. F. Forh. xiii p. 335. Lapp. Or. 145 T. 

 M. Fr. Lich. Scand. 428. 

 Exs :— Fellm. (sine num.) Arn. 417. 

 Geog. Distrib : — E. Lapland, N. Zealand, Switzerland. 

 Bot. Prov :— 5...7. 



England : — Llanymynech Hill ! Shropshire (1871.) 

 Wales :-Near Dolgelley ! (1866.) 

 " Spores 0.009—15 mm. long, 0.004—5 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



forma subduplex, Nyl. similar to the type, but with a few uui- 

 septate spores mixed with the more numerous simple ones. 

 On mosses, &c. 1870. 



Syn .—Nyl. Scand. 201. (1861.) Lapp. Or. 145. Crombie En. 68. 



Geog. Distrib :— Scandinavia. 



Bot. Prov:— 15...26. 



Scotland : — Central Counties. Rev. J. M. Crombie. (1870.) 



Ireland : — Opposite Leenane, Connemara. Mr. Larbaiestier. 



" Spores 0.011—17 mm. long, 0.0045—0.0055 mm. broad." (Nyl. J 



55. L. atrofusca, (Hepp) whitish or glauco-cinereous,leproso-granu- 

 lose, indeterminate ; apothecia luteo-fuscous or black, adnate, plane 

 or concave, margin thickish, prominent, darker, shining, eventually 



