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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



cium papillate, poriform ; perithecium entire, black ; paraphyses 

 distinct, slender / spores 8, colourless, fusiform, 1-septate, constricted, 

 the cells very acute at the apices, with 2 or 3 nuclei, and having a 

 tendency to break up or separate ; gelatina hymenea yellow with 

 iodine, the spores brown. 

 On ash trees, rare. 1856. 



Stn :— Nyl. Pyren. 82. (1858.) Arthopyrenia, Mudd Man. 302. 



Exs :— Anzi Venet. 137. 



Geog. Distblb : — Dalmatia, Austria. 



Bot. Pbov:— 19...25. 



Ibeland : — Dunscombe's Wood ! Cork ; Clare Glen, Tipperary ! Mr. Carroll. 

 (1856.) 



" Spores .005 to .006 in. long, by .001 in. broad." (Mudd.) " Spores .025 

 mm. long, .004 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .030 mm. long, .005 mm. broad. 



60. V. colleta, Strn. black, thin, continuous ; apothecia black, 

 small, spherical, sometimes almost aggregate ; perithecium entire ; 

 epithecium poriform ; spores 8, colourless, fusiform, often con- 

 stricted at the middle, 1-septate, large ; paraphyses very indistinct, 

 almost conglutinate ; gelatina hymenea within the asci, I vinous- 

 red, the reBt untinged 



On Gymnomitrium concinnatum, rare. 1874. 



Syk :— Stirton in Grevillea 3. p. 37. (1874.) 



Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



Scotland :— Ben Lawers. Dr. Stirton. (1874.) 



" Spores .032— .045 mm. long, .01— .013 mm. broad." (Stirt.) 



61. V. capnodes, NyL dull-black, tinged with grey or olive, 

 roughish, macular, filmy, continuous ; apothecia black, concolorous, 

 roughish, encrusted by the thallus, minute, prominent, hemispheri- 

 cal, internally greyish ; epithecium slightly papillose or umbilicate, 

 poriform ; perithecium entire, black ; spores 8, colourless, lineari- 

 oblong, 1-septate, small. 



On trees, rare. 1829. 



Stn:— NyL in Flora 1867. p. 330. V. rhyponta, Leight. Aug. Lich. 37. Mudd 

 Man. 303. 



Pig:— B. Bot. Suppl. t. 2597. fig. 2. Leight. Ang. Lich. 1. 16. fig, L 



Geog. Distblb :— Europe. 



Bot. Pbov :— 2. ..10.. .19. 



England : — New Forest, Hants. Mr. Lyell. (1829.) Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. 

 Malham. Dr. Garrington. Hoggarts Wood and Easby Wood, Cleveland. Mr. 

 Mudd. 



Ibeland :— Castlebernard Park, Bandon. Mr. Carroll. 



" Spores .003 to .004 in. long, by .00075 to .001 in. broad." (Mudd.) Spores 

 ,014— .015 mm. long, .005 mm. broad. 



Var. rhyponlella, Nyl. spores 1-septate, smaller. 

 On trees, very rare. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1867. p. 374. 



Exs :— Fries 253. 



Geog. Distblb : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov :— 19. 



Ireland : — Glenbower Wood, co. Cork. Mr, Carroll. 



"Spores .014 — 20 mm. long, .004—5 mm. broadV' (Nyl.) 



62. V. biformis, Borr. whitish or albido-ciner ascent, thin, con- 

 tinuous or rimulose, slightly rugose or smooth, somewhat pulveru- 

 lent, indeterminate ; apothecia black or brownish-black, small, 



