Rodmarton, Gloucestershire ; Yarmouth, Norfolk ; Gopsall, Leicestershire
; Broadwas, Worcestershire ; Airyholme Wood and Oliffrig, Cleveland
and Ingleby, Yorkshire ; Finlarig, Killin, Perthshire.
39. L. meiocarpa Nyl. in Flora lix. p. 577 (1876).—Thallus
effuse, very thin, granulose-leprose, greyish or greenish-white,
often subevanescent (K —, CaCl — ). Apothecia minute, convex,
immarginate, pale-yellow, yellow-testaceous or reddish; paraphyses
colourless a t the apices; hypothecium brown; spores
oblong, 0,007-11 mm. long, 0,003-4 mm. th ic k ; hymenial
gelatine wine-red with iodine.—Cromb. in Grevillea xxii. p. 10.
L . anomala var. y minuta Schær. Spicil. p. 170 (1833) pro parte.
L . minuta Cromb. Lich. Brit. p. 68 ; Leight. Lich. FI. p. 266 ;
ed. 3, p. 264 pro parte. L. effuaa Mudd Man. p. 195 (1861),
(non Sm. Engl. Bot.).
A rather inconspicuous plant, resembling a diminutive state of
subsp. minor of the preceding, but differing in the smaller apothecia
and spores. The apothecia are numerous, at times soinewhat crowded,
becoming reddish-black in age ; when they are dark-violet and somewhat
whitish-pruinose, it becomes var. sarcopisioides Massal. Rio. Lich.
p. 128 (1852) ; Cromb. I. c., p. 69 ; Leight. II. c.
Hab. On the trunks of trees, chiefly firs, in maritime and upland
wooded tracts.—Distr. Local and scarce in S. and N. England.—B. M.
Shanklin, Isle of Wight ; New Forest, Hants ; Penzance, Cornwall ;
Cliffrigg, Cleveland, Yorkshire.
40. L. tenebricosa Nyl. in Not. Sallsk. Faun. & FI. Fenn. n.
ser. V. p. 145 (1866).— Thallus effuse, very thin, unequal, greyish-
white (K —, CaCl — ), usually scarcely visible. Apothecia minute,
plane or convex, brown or reddish-brown, the margin thin, darker,
a t length obliterated ; paraphyses moderate, subclavate and brown
a t the apices; hypothecium p a le ; spores oblong, 0,008-15 mm.
long, 0,0040-45 mm. thick ; hymenial gelatine deep-blue then
sordid with iodine.—Leight. Lich. El. ed. 3, p. 264 ; Cromb. in
Grevillea xxii. p. 10. L. anomala var. e tenebricosa Ach. Lich.
Univ. p. 382 (1810) pro parte (Jide Nyl. Lich. Scand. p. 201).
L. anomala var. minuta Schær. Spicil. p. 170 (1836) pro parte.
L. minuta Massal. Ric. Lich. p. 76 (1852) ; Mudd Man. p. 195;
Leight. Lich. FI. p. 266 pro parte ; ed. 3, p. 264 pro parte.
Exsicc. Leight. nos. 298, 326; Mudd n. 163.
A rather inconspicuous plant, which from its evanescent thallus
and minute fructification is apt to be overlooked. I t is, however, a
good species well characterized by the analytical characters of the
apothecia, though easily confused with the preceding species. The
apothecia are usually somewhat scattered, and in more exposed
situations become blackish.
Hab. On the trunks of trees, chiefly ash and poplars, in maritime
and upland wooded districts.—Distr. Seen from only a very few
localities in England, the S.W. Highlands of Scotland, and W. Ireland.
—B. M. Lymington, Hants; Ullacombe, Bovey Tracey, S. Devon;
Ledbury Ilerefordshire ; Airyholme Wood, Cleveland, Yorkshire-
Glen Falloch and Finlarig, Killin, Perthshire; Mangerton, Kerry’
Lough Inagh, Connemara, Galway. ’ ^ ’
TL i / ' Suppl. PI. Lapp. p. 165 ( 1 8 2 6 ) -
Thallus effuse, thickish rimose-granulate, unequal, whitish ( K -
- )■ Apothecia adnate, convex, immarginate, red-ochraceous
01 subferraginous within brown (the hymenium paler) ; hypothecium
brownish; paraphyses tawny or brownish; spares
elonpte- or elhpsoid-oblong, 0,009-21 mm. long, 0,003-6 mm
th ic k , hymenial gelatine faintly bluish then wine-red with
lodme.-Cromb Lich. Brit. p. 68 pro parte & in GrevUlea
' P- p.
Resembles L. vernalis, but differs in the more develoned thallus
S ’™ “ t o « «0“
Hab. On the ground in alpine situations.—DZsZr Verv local auU
Th P'- Scand. p. 433 (1874) —
Thallus effuse, thickish, granulose, continuous or diffract-rimose
he granules small, whitish or greenish-grey ( K - CaCl )’
Apothecia submoderate, adnate, a t first pllne^with thin d a rW
C S h blacH h v n ° T ''’ somewhat difform,
c ra s r te and ^ paraphyses crassate and dark a t the apices ; spores oblong or ovcooildo u0rl eOsKs,I iInS!
mm. long, 0,0045-65 mm. thick ; hymenial g e l a L r ^ in e red with
P 273 i “ Grevillea xxii. p. 10 ; Leight. Lich. FI. ed 3
m r n ) Berengenana Cromb'. Lich. Brit p 69
f i ,
p 71 (1 8 7 3 ^ " T s tirto n in Grevillea ii'
P S s n879) j T ' “ I ’P ed. 3
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physes are o c c a s io n a lirS y sTm p le foUowmg, though the para-
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