OF GREAT BRITAIN. 481 



D. Spores 3-5-septate. 

 * Peritkecium dimidiate. 



97. V. albissima, (Ach.) creamy-white, very thin, membranous, 

 effuse, smooth ; apothecia black', elliptical, hemispherico-conoid, 

 sessile ; peritheeium dimidiate, black ; epithecium poriform ; para- 

 physes indistinct ; spores 8, colourless, acicular, more or less 

 curved, 3 or 5-septate. 



On birches, &c, rare. 1850. 



Syn : — Nyl. Scand. 282. (1861.) V. epidemidis var. albissima, Ach. L. U- 

 276. (1810.) Syn. 89. V. oxpspora, Nyl. Pyr. 61. MuddMaa. 306. 



Exs :— Nyl. 149. Mudd 299. Fellm. 223. Schasr. 107. 108. 



Gbog. Distbib : — Sweden, Austria, Hungary, France, Switzerland. E. Lap- 

 land. 



Bot. Pbov :— 3...5...7...10...19...26. 



England : — Hoggarts Wood ! Ingleby : Bayadale ; and near Ayton ; Cleve- 

 land. Mr. Mudd. Pod's Wood, Messing, Essex. Mr. Varenne. Alberbury 1 

 Shropshire. (1850). 



Scotland : — Oastleton of Braemar. Rev. J. M. Cronibie. 



Ireland : — Killarney ; Little Island, Cork. Mr. Carroll. Kylemore Castle ! 

 Mr. Larbalestier, 



Wales :— Dolgelley ! 



" Spores .005 to .006 in. long, by .0006 in. broad, t. 5. f. 127." (Mudd.) 

 "Spores .020— 34 mm. long, .003— 4 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .028 mm. 

 long, .003 mm. broad. 



98. V. platypyrenia, Nyl. effuse ; apothecia plane, at first hypo- 

 phlasodal, opake ; paraphyses soft, irregular or indistinct ; spores 

 colourless or in age fuscescent, oblong, 3-5-septate. 



On trees, rare. 1865. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1865. p. 358. Carroll in Seem. Journ. Bot, 4. 25. 

 Geoo. Distbib :— Europe. 

 Bot. Pbov :— 19. 



Ibeland : — Ballyedmond co. Cork ; Old Dromore, Kerry ; Glenbower, Kil- 

 leagh. Mr. Carroll. (1865.) 

 " Spores .023—30 mm. long, .009— .011 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



** Peritheeium entire. 



99. V. fwrvescens, Kyi. fuscescent or olivaceo-fuscescent, granu- 

 lato-unequal, thin, opake, effuse, not continuous ; apothecia innate, 

 moderate, the conical apex emersed ; peritheeium entire, black ; para- 

 physes slender, crowded ; spores 8, colourless, fusiform, 3-5-sep- 

 tate. » 



On minute mosses on schistose earth in alpine localities, very 



rare. 1864. 



Syn :— Nyl. in Flora 1864. p. 256. Carroll in Seem. Journ. Bot. 3. 293. 



GrEOG. Distbib : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov :— 15. 



Scotland :— Summit of Ben Lawers. Adm. Jones. (1864). 



" Spores .031—33 mm. long. .006 mm, broad." (Nyl.) 



100. V. desistens, Nyl. evanescent ; apothecia minute ; perithe- 

 eium entire, upper portion convex, fusiform, prominent ; paraphyses 

 none ; spores 8, colourless, fusiform, 3-5-septate, straight; gelatina 

 hymenea vinous-red with iodine. 



On old trees, very rare. 1867. 



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