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On old dead bark, rare. 1874 



Syn :— Stirton in Scott. Naturalist 4 p. 28. (1877.) 



Bot. Pkov :— 16. 



Scotland : — Near Ben Brecht, Argyleshire. Mr. Paterson. (1874.) 



342. L. rosella, (Pers.) drier ascent, thin, unequal or granulose ; 

 apothecia rose-coloured or flesh-coloured, subpruinose, moderate, 

 numerous, scattered, sessile, plane, margin thick, obtuse, pale ; 

 hypothecium and excipuluni colourless or pale-yellow ; spores 8, 

 colourless, bacilliform, multiseptate. 



On trees, rare. 1806. 



Syn :— Persoon in XJat. Ann. 7. 25. (1794.) Ach. Meth. 57. Nyl. Soand. 208. 

 Mudd Man. 181. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 1651. Hepp Sporen t. 60. f. 522. 



Exs :— SchiBr. 217. Hepp 522. Zw. 231. Stenh. 136. Reich. & Schub. 55. 



Geog. Distrib : — Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Bavaria, 

 Austria. 



Bot. Prov:— 2...5...10...15. 



England : — New Forest. Miss Biddulph. (1806.) near Ripon, Yorkshire. Mr. 

 Brunton. near Hastings, Worcester, and Malvern. Dr. Soil. Chelsfield, Kent. 

 Mev. J. M. Grombie. 



Scotland : — Highlands, Mr Turner. 



" Spores .015 to .018 in. long by .00075 to .001 in. broad." (Mudd.) "Spores 

 .068— 98 mm. long, .0045— .005 mm. broad." (Nyl.) " Spores .060-100 mm. 

 long, .004 — 5 mm. broad." (T. M. Fries.) Paraphyses slender, cohaerent, 

 apices pale-yellow-brown. Gelatina hymenea I blue. Spores .059 mm. long, 

 .0035 mm. broad. Thallus and apothecia K yellow C yellow. 



343. L. rubella, (Ehrh.) yellowish or greyish- green, thin, effuse, 

 minutely squamuloso-granulate ; apothecia luteo-rufescent or reddish- 

 flesh-coloured, moderate, numerous, scattered, or congregate, sessile, 

 plane or convex, margin thin, smooth, obtuse ; hypothecium pale- 

 yellow ; spores 8, colourless, bacilliform, multiseptate. 



On trees, especially elm, frequent. 1801. 



Stn:— Ehrhart PI. Crypt. 196. (1785.) Mudd Man. 182. Lecidea luteola, "var. 

 a, Ach. Syn. 41. Nyl. Scand. 209. L. porriginosus, Turn ! Linn. Trans. 7. 94. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 845. Hepp Sporen t. 16. f. 141. 



Exs :— M. & N. 641. Schser. 210. Nyl. 55. Leight. 92. Fries L. S. 197. (fide 

 Nyl.) Anzi Etr. 23. Hepp 141. Bohl. 91. 



Geog. Distrib : — Switzerland, France, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Germany 

 Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland. 



Bot. Prov:— 1...3...5...10...15...19, 20...24 ..28 ..30, 31. 



England : — Ingleby ! Kildale ! Ayton 1 Yorkshire. Mr. Mudd. Essex ! Mr. 

 Piggott. Torquay. Dr. Deakin. near Malvern, and Kempsey near Worcester. 

 Dr. Soil. Haldon, Exeter. Mr. Parfitt. Kelvedon; Aldham, Essex, Mr. Varerme. 

 Chelsfield, Selling, Chilstone Park, Kent. Mr. Solmes. Holton Park ! Tets- 

 worth I Thame, Oxfordshire. Mr. Larbalestier. Cadgwith near the Lizard, Corn- 

 wall. Mr. Curnow. Bourton on the Water. Mr. W. Joshua, Shelton Bough ! 

 near Shrewsbury ; Worfield ! Shropshire. 



Scotland : — Aberfeldy. Dr. Soil. 



Ireland :— Oastlemartyr co; Cork ; Carrigogunnel and Adare, Limerick. 

 Mr. Carroll. Curraghmore, Waterford. Adm. Jones. Glenarm. Dr. Moore. 

 Shanis Castle, co. Antrim, Mr. Wright. Lord Sligo's demesnes, Westport ! Mayo. 

 Dawros river ! co. Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Channel Islands :— Sark ! Mev. T. Salwey. 



" Spores .014 to .018 in. long, by .00075 in. broad. Spermatia very fine and 

 delicate, cylindrical, curved or undulate." (Mudd.) Spores .058— 100 mm. 

 long, .003 — 4 mm. broad. Gelatina hymenea I blue then violet or vinous-red." 

 (T. M. Fries.) "Spores .045— .075 mm. long, .003— .0045 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 

 Thallus K slightly yellow C yellow, but does not affect the apothecia except by 

 manifesting a dark circumferential very thin line. 



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