OF GREAT BRITAIN, 359 



virescent, leprose, pidveraceo-granulose, at length areolate ; apothecia 

 black, minute, at first punctiform, then patellulate, castaneo-fuscous 

 and pale-red, marginate ; hypotheoium colourless ; spores 8, 

 colourless, lineari-elliptical, subacicular, 3-septate. 

 On peaty earth, rare. 1869. 



Syn :— Nyl. Enum. 122. (1858.) Bilimbia cuprea, Mass. Sert. 77. (1856.) 



Geog, Distrib : — Bavaria. 



Bot. Pkov :— 10. 



England :— Bilsdale, Yorkshire. Mr. Mudd. (1869.) 



" Spores .0183 mm. long, .00150 mm. broad." (Mass.) 



318. L. foveolaris, (Ach.) whitish, crustaceous, thick, coarsely 

 verrucoso-granulate, effuse, (K — C — ) ; apothecia immersed, foveolate, 

 large, pale-yellow-flesh-coloured, proper margin entire, elevated, 

 paler, entirely covered by irregular crenulate thallodal one ; hypo- 

 theoium colourless ; spores 8, colourless, oblong or ellipsoid, 

 3-septate. 



On moist turfy earth in alpine places, rare. 



Syn :—Urceolaria, Ach. Meth. 149. (1803.) Gyalecta Wahkribergiam, Ach. 

 Syn. 9. Leeidea, Nyl. Scan. 190. 



Fig :-Mass. Rio. f. 284. 



Exs :— Th. M. Fries 10. Fellm. 143. Somrft. 52. 



Geog. Distrib : — Finmark, E, Lapland, Germany, Italy. 



Bot. Prov:— 8. .10, 11.. .15. 



England :— Teesdale, Durham. Bern. J. Harriman. near Boltby, Thirsk, 

 Yorkshire. Mr. Baker, near Newton, Cleveland. Mr. M-udd. Charnwood Eorest, 

 Leicestershire. Rev. A. Bloxam. 



Scotland:— Ben Lawers ; Morrone. Rev. J. M. Crombie. Finlarig near Killin, 

 Dr. Moll. 



"Spores .018—21 mm. long, .007 mm. broad." (Nyl.) "Spores .016—18 

 mm. long, .006 — 7 mm. broad." (T. M. tries.) Iodine turns the thick, horny 

 excipulum, hymenium, and paraphyses pale-vinous-brown, asci dull-blue. 

 Spores .017— .019 mm. long, .007 mm. broad. 



819. L. geoica, (Whlnb.) cinerascent, thin, sub-pidverulent, sub- 

 evanescent ; apothecia minute, immersed, cupular, waxy, pale-yellow- 

 flesh, margin entire, persistent, waxy, naked or nearly so, white ; 

 hypothecium pale ; spores 8, colourless, oblong or ellipsoid, 

 3-septate. 



On the ground among mosses, on calcareous rocks, not common. 

 1870. 



Syn :— Whlnb. Vet. Ak. H. 1806. p. 142. Ach. Syn. 9. Nyl. Scand. 190. 



Fig :— Vet. Ak. H. 1806. t. 4. f. 5. Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 13. f. 2. 



Exs :— Leight. 123. Arn. 38. 459. 



Geog. Distrib :— Gothland, Finland, Hungary, Germany. 



Bot. Peov :— 5...15. 



England : — Wickliffe rooks near Ludlow ! Rev. T. Salviey. 



Scotland :— Ben Lawers ! Rev. J. M. Crombie. (1870.) 



"Spores .016—21 mm. long, .006—7 mm. broad." (Nyl.) "Spores .012—15 

 mm. long, .006 mm. broad. (T. M. Fries.) Spores .016— .0175 mm. long, 

 .007 mm. broad. 



G. Spores vermiform, spirally contorted. 



320. L. umbrina, Ach. nigricant or nigro-virescent, granuloso- 

 leprose, thin, effuse, often evanescent, (K — C — ) ; apothecia black, 

 plane or convex, small ; hypothecium colourless ; spores 8, colour- 

 less, vermiformi-cylindrical, spirally contorted, 3-5-multiseptate. 



