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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



less ; paraphyses distinct but cohcerent, apices colourless ; spores 8, 

 colourless, elongato-or subfusiformi-oblong, apices obtuse, simple or 1-2 

 or 3-septate. 



On trees. 1876. 



Syn :— Biatora, Hepp Exs. 19. (1853.) T. M. Fries Lich. Scand. 379. L. 

 sphozroides f. vacUlans, Leight. L. Fl. 2d. ed. p. 336. 



Pig :— Hepp Sporen t. 4. f. 19. 



Exs :— Hepp 19. Anzi Venet. 58. Anzi Langob. 379. Am. 600 and 600 b. 



Geog. Distrib : — Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Lorn- 

 bardy, Italy, Scandinavia, Cuba. 



Bot. Prov :— 3... 26... 28. 



England : — Shiere, Surrey. Dr. Capron. 



Ireland : — Banks of Erriff River ! Connemara. Mr. Larlakstier. (1876.) 

 Armagh Demesne. Adm. Jones. 



The apothecia when wetted with water display a pale transparent disk, 

 surrounded by a dark circumferential ring. Gelatina hymenea I dark-blue then 

 dirty-darkly-fulvescent. Spores .0145 — .0165 mm. long, .004 — .0045 mm. 

 broad, generally straight sometimes curved. " Spores .015—22 mm. long, .004 

 —6 mm. broad." (F. M. Fries.) 



280. L. albidocarnea, Nyl. whitish, thin, irregular, rimuloso- 

 diffract, (K — C — ) ; apothecia pale-yellowish-flesh-colour, convex, im- 

 marginate, large, internally colourless ; hypothecium colourless ; 

 paraphyses slender, distinct, apices clavato-incrassate, colourless ; 

 spores 8, colourless, oblong or oblongo-fusiform, 1-2 or 3 septate. 



On micaceo-schistose rocks and stone walls, rare. 1876. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1877. p. 459. 



Ireland : — Baffin ahinch ! co. Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. (1876). 



"Similar to L. albocarnea, Nyl. but of the stirps of L. sphceroides. Spores 

 .010 — 18 mm. long, .0035 — .0045 mm. broad. Gelatina hymenea I slightly blue 

 then vinous-red. " (Nyl.) Spores .013 — .022 mm. long, .005 mm. broad. 



281. L. chlorotropoides, Nyl. "similis L. albovirellce, Nyl." but 

 apothecia testaceo-rufescent with a dark margin ; hypothecium pale- 

 violet ; excipulum bright-violet ; spores 8, colourless, bacillar, 

 simple or 1-3-septate. 



On calcareous rocks, rare. 1877. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1877. p. 567. 

 Bot. Pkov :— 26. 



Ireland : — Kylemore. Mr. Larbalestier. (1877). 



" Gelatina hymenea I blue then vinous-red. Spores .014 — 20 mm. long, .C02 — 

 3 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



E. Spores 3-septate, brown. 

 * Hypothecium dark. 



282. L. alboatra, (Hoffm.) white or albicant, unequal, sub- 

 farinose, effuse, sometimes sub-evanescent, (K — C — ) ; apothecia 

 black, albo-suffased or naked, small, adnate, sometimes spuriously 

 lecanoroid ; hypothecium fuscous ; spores 8, fuscous, ellipsoid, 

 3-septate, sometimes irregularly muriform. 



On various trees and pales, common. 1808. 



Syn:— Hoffm. Enum. 30. (1784.) Nyl. Scand. 235. Mudd Man. 218. Lecidea 

 corticola, Ach. Syn. 32. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 1892. Hepp Sporen t. 17. f. 148. 



Exs :— Schas-. 445. Hepp 29. 148. Zw. 123. Mudd 191. Nyl. 63. Leight. 64. 

 Anzi Ven. 79. 312. Reich, and Schub. 80. 81. 



