o£ GREAT BRITAIN. 



4§5 



§§ Spores fuscous. 



145. V. haplotella, (Nyl.) apotheoia minute, convex, prominent, 

 aggregate, black ; perithecium entire ; spores numerous, pallido- 

 nigrescent, ellipsoid or oblong, simple. 



Parasitic on Opegrapha variaf. diaphora, very rare. 

 Syn -.—Endococcus, Nyl. in Flora 1867. p. 180. Crombie En. 122. 

 Geog. Distrib : — Denmark, Madeira. 

 Bot. Pkov : — 19. 



Ireland : — Muckruss Demesne, Killarney. Mr. Carroll. 

 " Spores .004 — 7 mm. long, .0029— .0030 mm. broad. Paraphyses indistinct. 

 Gelatina hymenea and thecae I vinous-red." (Nyl.) 



146. V. ventosicola, (Mudd.) apothecia minute, semi-immersed 

 in minute thallodal verruca, globose, black ; perithecium entire ; 

 spores 30-50, fuscous, elliptical or oblong, 1-septate. 



. Parasitic on Lecanora ventosa, very rare, 1861. 

 Syn -.—Microthelia, Mudd Man. 307. (1861.) 

 Exs :— Mudd 300. on Leight. 9. 

 Geog. Distrib :— Europe. 

 Bot. Pro v. —1... 7... 10. 



England : — Kildale Moor, Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Dartmoor. Mr. W. Joshua. 

 Wales : — Penmaenmawr ! Carnarvonshire. 



"Spores .0015 in. long, by .0005 to .00075 in. broad." (Mudd.) Spores 

 .008— .009 mm, long, .005 mm. broad. 



147. V. calcaricola, (Mudd.) apothecia of medium size, sessile 

 or slightly immersed, globose, black ; perithecium entire ; spores 8, 

 fuscescent, elliptico-oblong, 1-septate, large. 



Parasitic on Lecanora cinerea, calcarea and gibbosa, rare. 



Syn -.-Microthelia, Mudd Man. 306. (1861.) 



Fig :— Mudd Man. t. 5. f. 128. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe. 



Bot. Prov:— 2. ..5. ..15.. .23. 



England : — Near Lewes, Sussex. Mr. Unwin. Spout Valley, Long Mynd ! 

 Shropshire. 



Scotland : — Near Ben Lawers and Morrone. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



Ireland : — Killiney. Adm. Jones. 



"Spores .003 to .004 in. long, by .001 in. broad, t. 5. f. 128." (Mudd.) 

 Spores .019— .020 mm. -long, .006 mm. broad. Paraphyses gelatinose, I vinous- 

 brown. 



148. V. gemmifera, Tayl. apothecia minute, semi-immersed, 

 sub-hemispherico-globose, black ; perithecium entire ; epithecium 

 depressed ; spores 8, fuscous, broadly oblong, 1-septate, minute. 



Parasitic on Lecidea contigua, frequent. 1836. 



Syn :— Verrucaria, Tayl. Fl. Hib. 2. 95. (1836.) Leight. Aug Linh. 47. 

 Endococcus. Nyl. Pyr. 64. MicrotUlia, Mudd Man. 307. 



Fig:— Leight. Ang. Lich. t. 29. f. 3. 



Exs :— Leight. 137. 



Geog. Distrib : — Europe. 



Bot. Prov :— 1...5, 6, 7.. .10.. .15.. .19. 



England : — Craigforda ! near Oswestry, Shropshire ; Penzance, Cornwall. 

 Rev. T. SaVwey. Guisbro' Moor,. Cleveland. Mr. Mudd. Haughmond Hill ! 

 Shropshire. 



Scotland :— Grampians. Rev. J. M. CromMe. Portree. Rev. Prof. Ch. Bab- 



Ireland :— Dunkerron ! Dr. Taylor. (1836.) 



Wales : — Barmouth ! Rev. T. Salwey. Glyder Vaoh ! Snowdonia. Llyn-y-Cae ! 

 Cader Idris. Trefriw ! Fort Hill ! near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. 



"Spores .002 in. long, by .001 in. broad." (Mudd.) "Spores .008— .011 

 mm. long, .006—7 mm. broad." (Nyl.) Spores .010— .012 mm. long, .006— .007 

 mm. broad. 



