Uiffers merely in the snow-white colour of the podetia, wliich become
bi'owjiish at the apices. The only British .specimens seen are sterile.
Ilah. On mossy rocks in maritime and upland tracts.—Distr. Very
local and scarce in N. England and the S.AV. Highlands of Scotland. L
B. AI. : Windermere, AA’estmoreland. Head of Loch Oreran, Barcaldine.
Argylesliire.
Form 2. foliosa Fldrke, Clad. (1S28) p. 150.— Podetia erect or
decumbent, more or less sprinkled with minute leaflets.—Leight.
Lich. Fl. p. 51), cd. 3, p. 54 ; Cromb. Grovillea, xi. p. 113.— Cladonia
furcata Yi.pxincjtns e. foliosa Aludd, Brit. Clad. p. 24. Coralloides
frxiiicuJi sjiecie candieaxxs. corniculis rufescentibus Dill. AIuso.
n o , t. Hi. f. 30 c, ix.— Jh-it. Rrs.-. Aludd, Clad. n. 5 6 ; Leight.
11. 374.
Except iu the foliaceous podetia tins form is also entirely similar to
the type. I t appears to be very rarely fertile, the apotbecia when present
being iisiuilly simple and dark-bi'owm
Ilah. On the ground in upland situations.—Distr. Somewhat local,
though plentiful where it occurs, in England ; uot yet seen from Scotland
or Ireland.—B. AI. : Shiere, Surrey ; Lydd, Kent : Basingstoke, Hants ;
near Cbeltenham, Gloucestersliire ; Alalvern, AVorcestershire ; Pentregaer,
Oswestry, Shropshire ; near liedcar, Yorkshire; near Hartlepool, Durham
; AA’indermere, AVestmoreland.
Subsp. C. muricata Oromb. Grevillea, xi. p. 113.— Podetia somewh
a t turgid, rugose, sparingly branched, glabrous or squamulose,
simple aud obtuse or shortly furcate at the apices. Apothecia small,
dark-brown.— Cladonia fu rca ta var. muricata Nyl. Syn. i. p. 207.
Cenomyce muricata Del. iu Dub. Bot. Gall. ii. (183Ò) p. 622. Lichen
deforxxiis Huds. PI. Angl. p. 458 pro parte. Coralloides crassius
subincanuxn, calicihus dentatis Dill. AIuso. 05, 1 .15. f. 18 B (deformed
state). Lichenoides tubulosxxm magis ramosuxn, maxime difforme
Dill, in Kay, Syn. od. 3, p. 68, n. *'23.— B rit. E.vs. : Leight. n. 369.
This is a more robust aud less-branched plant, having the podetia either
erect or prostrate, with the cortex rugoso-imequal, usually more or less
squamulose (form lepidota Del.), and occasionally variously diftbrm. It
somewhat resembles states of subsp. C. racemosa, but it has with K the
reaction of C. pungens, of which it forms a well-marked subspecies. The
apotliecia are extremely rare in our British specimens.
Hah. On the ground in upland situations.-Disir. Local, tbougb somewhat
plentiful where it occurs, in S., Central, and AV". England.—B. AI. :
Sliiere, Sui-rey ; Basingstoke, Hants ; near Amberley, Sussex ; Tbetford
Hoad, Gloucestershire ; Bathampton Downs, Somersetshire ; Charnwood
I ’orest, Leicestershire.
23. C. crispata Nyl. Not. Sallsk. pro F . e t Fi. P’enn. Forh. n. s.
y. (1866) p. 110.— Thallus foliaceous a t th e b ase; leaflets small,
incised and crenate, greyish- or greenish-white, sometimes evanescent
; podetia somewhat turgid, glabrou.s, sometimes 3- 4-, usually
repealedly, branched, concolorous or pale-greyish or sub.siiadiccous,
th e apices and the axils infundibuliform, pervious, th e apertures
cristate a t the margins (K —, CaCl — ). Apothecia small, brown or
reddish.—Cromb. Licb. Brit. p. 2 0 ; Leight. Lich. I'T. p. 65, ed. 3,
p. 61.— Cladonia fu rca ta «. erisgxata Aludd, Alan. p. 57, Brit. Clad,
p. 22. Bceoxnyces tux-binatus f. cx'ispatus Ach. Aleth. (1803) p. 341.
Coralloides pexforatuxn minus, molle et texiue Dill. AIusc. 99, t. 16.
f. 22 B.— Bx'it. Exs. : Aludd, Clad. n. 45.
Though regarded by some authors as the type of C. furcata, the
glabrous proliferous podetia, the characters of their apices and axils, and
the cristate margins of the apertures at once separate it from all the
varieties and forms of that species and render it specifically' distinct. In
this country the apothecia are rare, though the spermogones are not
imfrequent.
Hah. On the ground among mosses in upland and subalpine moorland
districts.—Distr. Local and rare iu N. England and among the Grampians,
Scotland.—B. AI. : Kildale Aloor and Lounsdale, Cleveland, Yorkshire.
Ben-y'-gloe Aloimtains, Perthshire; Ben-naboord aud Upper Glen
Dee, Braemar, Aberdeenshire.
Subsp. C. furcatiformis Nyl. PTora, 1874, p. 318.—Podetia
slender, very muoh branched, cæspitoso-frutiouloso, th e soyphi oris-
tato-ciliate a t th e margins.—Cromh. Grevillea, xi. p. 113.—B r it.
Exs. : Aludd, n. 12.
Distinguished as a subspecies by the cliaracters of the podetia aud
their scyphi, The only' British specimen seen is not very typical, and is
quite sterile.
Hab. On the ground among mosses in upland districts.—Distr. Apparently
extremely local and scarce in N. England, though it no doubt
occurs also in the Highlands of Scotland.—B. Al. : Ingleby Park, Cleveland,
Yorkshire.
24. C. cenotea Sohær. Spie. (1823) p. 35.—Thallus nearly efo-
liolose or with small lobato-crenate squamules a t the base ; podetia
cylindrical, whitish or greyish-pulverulent, repeatedly proliferous,
the axils and apices often dilated, scyphoid and pervious, the apertures
(usually brownish within) denticulate (K — , CaCl —). Apotheoia
small, brown or pale ; spores moderate.—Cromb. Grevillea,
xi. p. 113.—Bceomyees cenoteus Ach. Aleth. (1803) p. 345.
The pulverulent podetia, W'ith their pervious axils and apices, readily
distinguish this from C. crispata. They are glabrous aud corticate at the
base, and from being repeatedly proliferous have a branched appearance.
In the few British specimens seen the apotbecia are very rare.
Hah. On putrid stumps of trees in w'ooded upland situations.—Distr.
Very local and scarce among the Grampians, Scotlaud, where it is confined
apparently to some of the remnants of the old Caledonian P’orest.—
B. AI. ; Black AA^ood of Kannoch, I’erthshire ; Ballochbuie Forest, Braemar,
Aberdeenshire.
ft. glauca Nyl. in Zw. Lioh. Heidclb. (1883) p. 12.—Podetia
moderate, glaucous, furfuraceous or here and there sprinkled with
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