OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



493 



colourless or slightly fuscescent ; paraphyses distinct ; spores 8, 

 colourless, oblong, 1-septate, in form and size like those of V. 

 epidermidis. 



Parasitic on thallns of Lecidea excentrica, on micaceo-schistose 

 alpine rocks, very rare. 1864 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1865. p. 357. Carroll in Seem. Journ. Bot. vol. 4. p. 25. 



Geog. Disteib : — Europe. 



Bot. Pkov :— 15. ..26. 



Scotland :— Near summit of Ben Lawers. Mr. Carroll. (1864.) 



Ireland :— Near Kylemore Castle ! co. Galway. Mr. Larbalestier. 



" Spores .0023—27 mm. long, .008—9 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



138. V. endococcoidea, Nyl. apoihecia black, minute, endococcoid ; 

 immersed portion of the perithecium thin and fuscous, upper visible 

 portion somewhat convex ; paraphyses none ; spores 8, colourless, 

 oblongo-ellipsoid, 3-septate, pale-blue with iodine ; gelatina hymenea 

 vinous-red with iodine. 



Parasitic on thallus of Lecidea excentrica, (Ach.) in alpine loca- 

 lities, very rare. 1865. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1865. p. 356. Carroll in Seem. Journ. Bot. 4. 25. 



Geog. Distbeb : — Europe. 



Bot. Peov : — 15. 



Scotland : — Near summit of Ben Lawers. Mr. Cm-roll. (1865.) 



" Spores .016—18 mm. long, .006—7 mm. broad." (Nyl.) 



§§ Spores fuscous. 



139. V, microstictica, (Leight.) apotliecia black, very minute> 

 immersed or semi-immersed ; ostiolum black, plano-convex ', 

 epithecium a minute pore ; perithecium dimidiate, brown ; para- 

 physes distinct, flocculose, branched, entangled ; spores 8, fuscous, 

 oblong, 1-septate, minute. 



Parasitic on thallus of Lecanora cervina, rare. 1856. 



Possibly only a fungillus. 



Stn -.—Enclocarvon, Leight. Exs. 317. (1858.) 



Exs:— Leight. Exs. 317. * 



Geog. Distbib : — Europe. 



Bot. Pkov : — 7. 



Wales :— Borthwen ! Barmouth. (1856.) 



140. V. hetairizans, Leight. apothecia Mack, minute; immersed; 

 perithecium black, dimidiate ; ostiolum minute, denuded, black ; 

 epithecium minute, impressed ; paraphyses indistinct ; spores 8, 

 fuscous, linear, rounded at each extremity, 3-septate, constricted. 



Parasitic on thallus of Verrucaria submersa, Borr. E. Bot. Suppl. 

 2768, rare. 1851. 



SyN : — V. margacea, Leight. Ang. Lich. p. 62. excl. syn. (1851.) 



Fig :— Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 26. fig. 3. E. 



Geog, Distbib : — Europe. 



Bot. Pbov : — 2. 



England : — Sussex ! Mr. Borrer. 



In my Ang. Lieh. I must have taken this for the mature state of the spores 

 of V. submersa, which are as represented in E. Bot. SuppL 1. c. Recent re- 

 examination shews me that there are two lichens consociated on the same 

 thallus. Possibly the present one may be only a fungillus. Spores ,019 — .025 

 mm. long, .006 — .008 mm. broad. 



141. V. fumosaria, Leight. apothecia black, minute, hemi- 



