354 



THE LICHEN-FLORA 



blue, paraphyses distinct, apices nigricant ; spores 8, colourless, 

 lineari-oblong, 3-septate. 



On the earth and old wood, rare. 



Sw :— Nyl. in Bot. Notis. 1853. p. 182. Soand. 205. Mudd Man. 188. 



Exs :— Fries L. S. Exs. 212 B. (fide Nyl.) M. & N. 1329. Fellm. 159. Mudd 

 159. 



Geog. Distrib : — Scandinavia, Switzerland. 



Bot. Peov :— 2...5...7...15...19...23. 



England : — New Forest. Rev. J. M. Crombie. Leigh Wood, Bristol. Mr. 

 Joshua. Chelsfield, Oxford, Shoreham, Wrotham, Kent. Mr. Holmes. 



Scotland : — Grampians ; Braemar. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ireland : — Howth. Adm. Jones. Crogham, Killarney. Mr. Carroll. 



Wales :— Trefriw ! (on fir). 



"Spores .0025 to .004 in. long, by .0005 to .001 in. broad." (Mudd.) 

 " Spores .014 — .22 mm. long, .005 — 6 mm. broad. Hymenium bluish. Gela- 

 tina hymenea I blue then dark-violet." {STpl.) "Spores .012—22 mm. long, 

 .004—6 mm. broad." {T. M. Pries.) Spores .015 mm. long, .004 mm. broad. 



302. L. abietina, Ach. white or whitish, thin, leprose, effuse, 

 (K — C — ) ; apothecia moderate or large, numerous, scattered, ses- 

 sile, black, thickly suffused with a whitish or pale-yellowish pruina, 

 rarely naked, plane or sub-convex, margin thickish, prominent, 

 flexuose ; hypothecium black ; spores 8, colourless, aciculari-fusi- 

 form or sub-bacilliform, 3-septate. 



On old trees in mountainous regions, not unfrequent. 1830. 



Verrucaria hucocephala, E. Bot. Suppl. 2642. f. 2. aniPyrenothea leucocephala, 

 Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 28. f. 1. Exs. 164. Schser. 533. Anzi Ven. 84. M. & N. 

 757. are the spermogonia. 



Stn :— Ach. L. U. 188. (1810.) Syn. 30. Nyl. Scand. 241. Mudd Man. 223. 



Fig :-E, Bot. Suppl. 2642. fig. 2. Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 28. fig. 2. 



Exs :— Schaer. 534. Hepp. 517. 767, Am. 88. Leight. 163. Mudd 200. Zw. 

 421. 



Geog. Distbib : — Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Bavaria. 



Bot. Prov :— 1, 2, 3...8...10...19...29...31. 



England :— New Forest ! Mr. Lyell. (1830.) Westerdale ! Stoedale ! Hob- 

 hole ! Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Devon. Mr. Parfitt. Bradgate Park, Leicester- 

 shire. Rev. A. Bloxam. Tunbridge Wells. Mr. Jenner. 



Ireland : — Killarney and Carig Mountain, Kerry. Dr. Taylor. Donegal. Dr. 

 Moore. Crogham and Eagle's Nest, Killarney. Mr. Carroll. 



Channel Islands : — Jersey ! Guernsey. Mr. Larbalestier. 



"Spores .007 to .008 in. long by .001 in. broad." (Mudd.) "Spores .03— 

 .045 mm. long, .0045 — .006 mm. broad. Paraphyses slender. Gelatina hymenea 

 I pale-blue then vinous-red." (Nyl.) Spores .035 — .04 mm. long, .003 — .004 

 mm. broad. Spermatia very large, oblongo-cylindrical, somewhat tapering at 

 one or both ends, straight or curved, .012 — .016 mm. long, .003— .004 mm. 

 broad. 



303. L. ihiopsora, Nyl. sulphury-^whitish, granulato-conglome- 

 rate, consisting of sub-pulvinato-concrescent granules, pulvinuli 

 somewhat plane or variously confluent (K yellow) ; apothecia black, 

 convex, often 2-i-connate, internally concolorous ; paraphyses 

 slender, not well discrete, hypothecium fuscous ; spores 8, colourless, 

 bacillar or subacicular, straight or straightish, 3-septate. 



On Jungermannise, rare. 1876. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1876, p. 573. 



Bot. Prov :— 26. 



Ireland : — Kylemore. Mr. Larbaltstier. (1876.) 



" Spores .022-^30 mm. long, .0025— .0035 mm. broad. Gelatina hymenea 

 I—, thecse, especially their apices, cserulescent. Gonidia diam. .004 — 6 mm." 

 [NyU) 



