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matia ellipsoid, excessively minute." {Mudd.) "Spores .048 — 100 mm. long, 

 .024 — 55 mm. broad. Asei I dirty-blue then in tensely -red or fulvescent." 

 (Th. M. Fries ) Excipulum externally and apices of slender laxly coherent 

 paraphyses fulvescent. Spores .049 mm. long, .017 mm. broad. 



365. L. cupularis, (Ehrh.) whitish or cinerascent, very thin> 

 continuous ; apothecia flesh-coloured or yellowish-reddish, superficial} 

 prominent, concave, margin thichish, albescent, entire or radiato- 

 striate ; hypothecium colourless ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, 

 multiseptate, murali-locular. 



On calcareous rocks, frequent. 1800. 



Syn :— Ehrhart Beitr. 4. p. 45. (1789.) Ach. Syn. 46. Nyl. Scand. 189. Mudd 

 Man. 166. 



Fig :— E. Bot. 739. Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 13. f. 1. 



Exs :— M. & N. 1153. Scbxer. 135. Rabh. 750. Anzi Etr. 22. Anzi It. S. 233. 

 Mudd 139. Leight. 122. Hepp 142. Zw. 282. Rabh. 750. 



Geog. Distbib : — Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Bavaria, Pyrenees, 

 Sweden, Austria, Hungary. 



Bot. Phov :— 1, 2, 3. 4, 5.7, 8.. .10.. .15, 16...19...27...31. 



England :— Oorpusty Church. Bev. Mr. Bryamt. (1800.) Norfolk. Sir J. E. 

 Smith. Penzance. Mr. Curnow. Sussex Downs I Mr. Borrer. Craig-y-Rhiw ! 

 near Oswestry. Bev, T. Salwey. Calke Park ! Derbyshire. Bev. A. Bloxam. 

 Broughton Park I Bilsdale 1 Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. on elm and ash, rare, 

 Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. Eawdon Slate ; Bolyhope Bourn ; Middleton in Tees- 

 dale ! Durham. Mr. Winch. Midland Counties. Mr. Purton. North Leigh and 

 Shotover Hill, Oxford. Mr. Baxter. Bisley Common ! Gloucestershire. Mr. 

 Joshua. Aymestry ! Herefordshire. Whitecliff Bocks ! Ludlow ; High Bock I 

 Bridgnorth, Shropshire. 



Scotland : — Morrone ; Appin ; on moss, .Ben Lawers and Craig Tulloch. 

 Bev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ireland : — Balaghbeama Gap, Kerry. Mr. CarroU. South of Ireland. Miss 

 Hutchins. Killarney. Dr. Carrington. Ben Bulben, Sligo. Prof. Dickie. Glenda- 

 lough ! and Twelve Pins Mountains ! Connemara. Mr. Larbalestier. 



Wales : — Great Orme's Head I Bryn Maelgwyn ! near Conway. 



Channel Islands : — L'etacquerel ; Gorey Castle ; L'Etary I Jersey ; Jer- 

 bourg, Guernsey. Mr. La/rbalestier. 



" Spores .004 to .0045 in. long, by .002 in. broad. Spermatia short, cylin- 

 drical, straight." (Mudd.) " Spores .015 — 16 mm. long, .008 — 9 mm. broad. 

 Gelatina hymenea I blue then vinous-red." (Nyl.) "Spores .017 — 19 mm. 

 long, .006—9 mm. broad. Paraphyses capillar, laxly cohserent." (Th. M. 

 Fries.) Excipulum thickish, fleshy, colourless, enclosed laterally by a thalline 

 receptacle. Spores .018— .022 mm. long, .008 — .009. mm. broad. 



366. L. truncigena, (Ach.) cinerascent, very thin, sub-leprose or 

 evanescent ; apothecia pale-reddish-flesh-coloured, small, urceolate, 

 margin albescent, thickish, entire ; hypothecium colourless ; spores 

 8, colourless, oblongo-fusiform or oblong, 5-7-septate, irregularly 

 longitudinally septate. 



On trees, elms, beech, frequent. 



StN :— Ach. L. U. 152. (1810.) Syn. 9. Nyl. Scand. 190. 191. Mudd Man. 167. 



Exs :— Zw. 90. A. B. Leight. 147. Arn. 37. 



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



Bot. Prov:— 1, 2...5...10...19...24...31. 



England :— Ingleby I Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. New Forest. Bev. J. M. 

 Crombie. Castle Morton Common, Malvern. Dr. Holl. Tilgate Forest, Sussex. 

 Mr. Larlalestier. Penzance. Mr. Curnow. near Cirencester. Mr. Joshua. 



Ireland :— Dunkerron: Derriquin co. Kerry. Dr. Taylor. Curraghmore, 

 Waterford. Adm. Jones. Castlemary and Kitsboro', Cork: Adare!; Tervoe and 

 Castleconnel, Limerick ; Dromoland, Clare ; Dinis Island, Killarney (on holly). 

 Mr. CarroU. 



Channel Islands:— St. John's Road, Jersey. Mr. Laiialestier. 



