478 



THE tiCHEN-FLORA 



"Similar to V. epigcea, but smaller. Spores .018^27 mm. long, .005—8 mm. 

 broad." (Nyl.) 



89. V. melathelia, (Nyl.) thallus scarcely any, chroolepoid; 

 apothecia black, tuberculose, prominent, rugoso-irregular ; epithecium 

 not always distinct ; perithecium, ellipsoid, nigricant or rufescent, 

 entire ; spores innumerable, ellipsoid or oblong, indistinctly 3-sep- 

 tate ; paraphyses slender ; filamenta ostiolaria slender ; gelatina 

 hymenea blue then dark-violet 'with iodine. 



On mosses amongst alpine schistose rocks, rare. 1864. 



Stn -.—Thelopsis, Nyl. in Flora 1864. p. 258. Carroll in Seem. Journ. Bot. 3. 

 293. 



Geog. Distetb :— Europe. 



Bot. Pbov : — 15. 



Scotland :— Summit of Ben Lawers. Adm. Jones. (1864) ; Craig Calliach, 

 Breadalbane. Bev. J. M. GromMe. 



" Spores .014—17 mm. long, .006—7 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



90. V. sparsula, Nyl. dark-olivaceous or olivaceo-fuscous, most 

 minutely granulose ; apothecia black, svh-glofmlose, depressed; peri- 

 thecium entire, black ; spores 8, colourless, ellipsoid, 3-septate ; 

 paraphyses none. 



On chalk, rare. 1876. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1877. p. 291. 

 Bot. Pbov : — 3. 



England : — Dorking, Surrey. Mr. Joshua. 



" Spores .023—27 mm. long, .010—13 mm. broad. Gelatina hymenea I vinous 

 red." (Nyl.) 



91. V. humicolor, Nyl. castaneo-fuscescent, or castaneo-v/mhrine, 

 opake, very thin, continuous ; apothecia globose prominent, somewhat 

 darker or umbrino-fuscous, crowded ; perithecium entire, in thin 

 section luteo-fuscescent or with K aurantiaco-rufescent, internally 

 white ; spores 8, colourless, fusiform, 3-septate. 



On peat-earth and on rocks among Jungermanniae, rare. 1876. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1877. p. 462. 



Bot. Pbov :— 26. 



Ireland : — Mweelan ! near Kylemore, Galway. Mr LarbaUstier. (1876.) 



"Belonging to the stirps of V. chtorotica. Thallus has chroolepoid gonidia. 

 Spores .024— 33 mm. long, .004— 5 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores ,026 mm. long, 

 .005 mm. broad. 



§§ Spores fuscous. 



92. V. nitida, (Weig.) pale-yellow or olive or olive-brown, waxy, 

 continuous, smooth, more or less polished, with scattered whitish 

 minute protuberances ; apothecia black, large, immersed in, or in- 

 vested by the thallus, hemispherico-globose ; ostiolum black, more 

 or less denuded ; perithecium entire, black ; epithecium large, de- 

 pressed, umbilicate ; paraphyses distinct ; spores 8, brown, elliptical 

 or oblong, slightly tapering towards each apex, 3-septate, cells 

 angutari-nucleolate ; gelatina hymenea untinged by iodine. 



On trees, frequent. 1783. 



Syn :— Spfama, Weigel Obs. p. 45. (1772.) Verrucaria, Schrad. Journ. 1801. 

 1. p. 79. Ach. L. U. 279. Nyl. Pyren. 45. Scand. 279.*Mudd Man. 298. 



