392 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
Name—From the plant on which it grows. 
Luberoy, Sutherlandshire (Mr. C. Babington). 
9. Phacidium abietinwm. Schmidt. 
Erumpent, subrotund, convex, then depressed, black, 
splitting into 3 to 4 obtuse laciniz ; hymenium cinereous ; 
asci cylindraceo-clavate; sporidia 8, oblong-fusiform, 
10—14 x 45u; paraphyses filiform, slender. ; 
Phacidium abietinum—Schmidt in “ Myco. Heft.,” i. 
p. 35; Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 576; Fekl., “Symb. 
Myco.,” p. 262; Cooke, “Handbk.,” No, 2268; Gill, 
“Champ.,” p. 165. 
Exs.—Roumg,., “ Fung. Gal,” 659. 
On fallen leaves of Scotch pine. 
Orbicular, 4 a line broad. 
Name—Abves, the generic name of the tree on which 
it was first found. 
Scotland (A. Jerdon). Carlisle (Dr. Carlyle). 
10. Phacidiwm striatum. Phil. and Plow. 
Scattered, orbicular, rugose-striate, splitting into 5 to 
6 laciniz ; hymenium fuliginous; asci clavate, attenuated 
towards the summit; sporidia 8, lanceolate, simple or 
l1-septate, 25—30 x 2—4u; paraphyses filiform, curved 
at the apices, numerous. (Plate XII. fig. 76.) ¥ 
Phacidium striatum—Phil. and Plow. in “ Grevillea,” 
xiii. p. 75. 
On dead stems of Rubus. 
About 4 a line broad; resembling externally P. 
rugosum, Fries, but with totally different sporidia. 
Name—Stria, a furrow ; marked with lines. 
Dinmore, Herefordshire ! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 
C. SPORIDIA FILIFORM OR SUBFILIFORM. 
11. Phacidiwm Pim. (A. and 8.) 
Scattered or crowded, erumpent, subrotund, hemi- 
spherical, depressed, at first closed, shining, black, at 
length splitting into obtuse lacinie; hymenium pale 
fuliginous ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, filiform, 
