472 



THE LIOHEN-FIORA 



Byn :— Nyl, in Flora 1872. p. 363. 



Bot. Prov :— 7.. .26. 



Ireland :— Doughruagh Mountain! Kylemore, co. Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 

 (1875.) 



Wales :— Wood opposite Tan-y-bwleh Hotel ! Capel Curie. Wood Glyn near 

 Capel Curig ! (1871.) Tremadoc ! Capel Arthog ! 



"Spores .020—26 mm. long, .006 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .0165— .017 

 mm. long, .006 mm. broad. 



73. V. rubella, Nyl. thallus none; apotheda pale-reddish or 

 rufesoent, tubercidoso-spkerical, prominent ; perithecium dimidiate, 

 colourless in lower portion ; spores 100 or more, colourless, ellip- 

 soid, 3-septate ; paraphyses slender, elongate, articulate ; filamenta 

 ostiolaria distinct ; gelatina hymenea vinous-red -with iodine. 



On trees, rare. 1866. 



Syn -.—Thelopsis, Nyl. Prodr. 196. (1857.) Crombie En. 123. 



Fig :— Hepp Sporen t. 80. f. 707. 



Bxs :— Nyl. 98. Hepp 707. Zw. 50. Arn. 251. 



Geog. Distrib : — France, Germany. 



Bot. Prov :— 15... 19. 



Scotland :— Lanrick Castle ! near Doune, Perthshire. Dr. A. McKirilav, 



(loOO. ) 



Ireland : — Dinis Island, Killarney. Mr. Carroll. 



"Spores .010— 17 mm. long, .005— 8 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .015 mm 

 long, .006 mm. broad. 



74. V. affinis, Mass. cinereo-albescent, effuse, smooth, or ruo-u- 

 lose ; apotheda black, minute, at first immersed then prominent 

 hemispherical ; perithecium dimidiate ; paraphyses distinct, slender • 

 spores 6-8, colourless, fusiform, 3-septate. 



On birch, walnut, holly. 1876. 



Stn :— Mass. Mem. 138. Korb. Par. 357. 



Fio :— Mass. Mem. t. 25. f. 169. 



Exs :— Mass. Ital. 350. A. & B. Anzi Langob. 222. Zw. 316. 



Geog. Distrib : — Italy, Hungary, Germany, 



Bot. Prov :— 26. 



Ireland :— Near Letterfrack ! Doughruagh Mountain ! Connemara Mr 

 Lirbalestier. (1867.) 



" Spores .0122— .0183 mm. long, .00244 to .00366 mm. broad " f Ma v> 1 

 Spores .014— .021 mm. long, .004— .0045 broad. (Mass.) 



75. V. submiserrima, Nyl. glaucescent, thin, effuse ; apotheda 

 black, minute, hemispherical, convex, clustered on a small black 

 patch ; perithecium dimidiate ; paraphyses none ; spores 8 colour- 

 less, lineari-oblong, 3-septate. 



On holly, rare. 1875. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1877. p. 291. 

 Bot. Prov:— 5. ..7. ..26. 



England :— Downton Castle Woods ! Shropshire. (1875 ) 

 Ireland :— Kylemore ! Mr. Larbalestier. (1876.) 

 Wales : — Llyn Gwernan ! Cader Idris ! 



"Spores .016—19 mm. long, .004—5 mm. broad." (Nyl) Snnvea (118 „ 

 long, .005 mm. broad. Similar externally to MycoporummlerrimZ ' 



76. V. chlorotica, (Ach.) olivaceo-fuscescent or cinerascent thin 

 continuous, smooth, somewhat varnished or mucoso-aelatinous ■ avo 

 thecia black, minute, sessile, sub-hemispherical, convex, polished 

 and shining, internally pale ; perithecium dimidiate ; epithecium a 

 mmute depressed pore; paraphyses distinct ; spores 8, colourless 

 fusiform, 3-septate ; gelatina hymenea yellow or untinged by 



