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subeonglomerate, concolorous within ; epitheoium and thalamium 

 sordidly caerulescent ; hypothecium fuscescent ; spores 8, colourless, 

 elongato-ellipsoid or oblong, simple ; paraphyses scarcely distinct ; 

 gelatina hymenea caerulescent, then fulvescent with iodine. 



On the earth in alpine places, rare. 1864. 



Syn :— Sommerfelt Lapp. 155. (1826.) Nyl. Lapp. Or. 158. Crombie Enum. 79. 



Exs :— Fellm. 164. 



G-eoq. Distrib : — E. Lapland, Norway, Sweden, Finland. 



Bot. Prov : — 15. 



Scotland : — Summit of Ben Lawers! Mr. Carroll. (1864.) Ben Macdhui; 

 Braedalbane and Braemar. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



"Spores 0.011—16 mm. long, 0.004—5 mm. broad." (Nyl.) " Spores 0.014-- 

 25 mm. long, 0.003—4 mm. broad." (T. M. Fries.) 



89. L. cuprea, Smrft. white, thick, verrucoso-granulate, diffract, 

 granules sublobate, contiguous, (K — or slightly yellow C- — ) ; 

 apothecia rufo-ochraceous, or fusco-rufous, hemispherical, immar- 

 ginate, often botryoso-conglornerate ; hypothecium pale-luteo- 

 fuscescent ; paraphyses distinct, fulvescent ; spores 8, colourless, 

 elongato-oblong, simple ; gelatina hymenea I slightly caerulescent, 

 then vinous-red. 



On the earth in alpine regions, rare. 



Syn :— Smmrf. Lapp. 165. (1826.) Nyl. Scand. 199. Lapp. Or. 144. T. M. Fr. 

 Soand. 426. 



Exs:— Fellm. 152. 



Geog. Distbib — Sweden, E. Lapland, Norway. 



Bot. Pbov :— 15. 



Scotland :— Summit of Ben Lawers and above Loch-na-Cat. Rev. J. M. 

 Crombie. 



"Spores 0.009—0.016 mm. long, 0.004—5 mm. broad." (Nyl.) "Spores 

 0.010-22 mm. long, 0.003—6 mm. broad." (T. M. Fries.) Spores ,016 mm. 

 long, .005 mm. broad. 



Var. cupreiformis, E. Nyl. thin, egranulose ; apothecia rufo- 

 fuscous. 



On the earth in alpine regions, rare. 1868. 



Syn : — L. vernalis var. cupreiformis, E. Nyl. Al. Lafv. p. 90. Nyl. Lapp. Or. 

 144. Crombie En. 68. 



Geog. Distkib :— E. Lapland. 



Bot. Pkov:— 15. 



Scotland : — Loch-na-Cat. Aim. Jones. (1868.) 



Var. lecanodes Nyl. apothecia spuria lecanoroidea, Ben Lawers 

 (1871). Dr. Stirton. 

 Grenvillea2.71. 



90. L. Berengeriana, (Mass.) white, squamuloso-granulate, 

 squamules lobulate, concrescent into a continuous crust, (K — or 

 slightly yellow C — ) ; apothecia thin fusco-nigricant, at first plane 

 with a thin obtuse margin, then piano or depresso-convex, and immar- 

 ginate; hypothecium thick, fuscous; paraphyses conglutinate, in- 

 distinct ; spores 8, colourless, oblong or ellipsoideo-oblong, simple ; 

 gelatina hymenea I vinous-red. 



On the earth in alpine regions, rare. 



Syn :— Biatora, Mass. Kio. 128. (1852.) Nyl. Lapp. Or. 144. T. M. Fr. Scand. 

 433. 

 Fig :— -Mass. Eic. fig. 254. 

 Exs :— Fellm. 162. Arn. 439. 



Geog. Distrib :— E. Lapland, Norway, Sweden, Finland. 

 Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



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