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late, straight, simple, hyaline.—Fr. .S.HL.ii. p. 575. Eng.Fl. V.
p. 292. Fries, exs. no. 289. Sph. arhuti, Sow. t. 370,/. 6.
On leaves of Vaccinium Vitis 7<icea(and Arbutus Uva ursi ?)
2 2 6 5 . P h a cid ium co ronatum. Fr. “ Crowned Phaoidium.”
Innate, orbicular, hemispherical, depressed, blackish, splitting
into many acute laciniæ ; disc yellowish ; paraphyses curved at
the tips ; sporidia colourless, cylindrioal, curved at the ends ;
about eight times as long as broad, with 6 8 nuclei.—Fr. S.M.
ii.p. 517. Batsch. f . 152. FcU. exs.no. 1026. Now. i. 118. Fl.
Ban. 1.1380. Pers. Ic. Piet. 1.10,/. 1. Berk. exs. no. 195. Sturm,
t. 63. Fries, exs. no. 163. Schm. exs. no. 82. Moug. exs. no. 559.
Eng.Fl. Y . p . 292. Bolt. t. 109,/. 1. Grev. t. 52. Linn. Trans.
x x i v . t. 25, J. 7. Mag. Zool. & Bot. no. 5 8 ,1.1 5,/. 5. Tul. Carp.
iii. p. 134.
On fallen leaves of oak, &c. Common. [Mid. Carolina.]
“ Disc variable in colour, sometimes circumscribed with a black line.”
Sporidia 'OG-'OS m.m. (•0023-’003 in.) long.
2 2 6 6 . P h a c id ium d e n ta tum . Fr. “ T o o th e d P h a o id ium .”
S p e r m o g o n ia .— S p e rm a t i a m i n u t e , c y l i n d r i c a l , c u r v e d .
A s c o p h o r e .— Q u a d r a t e , s e a t e d o n p a l l i d s p o t s , b l a c k , s p l i t t i n g
into 4 or 5 acute laciniæ ; disc dirty yellow ; asci linear-oblong ;
sporidia filiform.—Ur. S.M. ii.p. 577. Moug. exs. no. 561. Schm.
exs. no. 206. FcU. exs. no. 1090. Eng. Fl. Y . p . 222. Corda. in.
f. 81. Ayres, exs. no. 71. Tul. Carp, iii.p. 132. Berk. exs. no. 93.
On fallen oak leaves. Common. [Low. Carolina.]
Asci ’08 m.m. long.
2 2 6 7 . P h a c id ium m in u tis s im um . Amd. “ Minute
Phaoidium.”
Hypophyllous, gregarious, minute, innate,ronnded or angular,
brown, soon splitting from the centre in 8-4 laciniæ, exposing
the whitish disc ; asci minute, clavate ; sporidia oval, simple.—
Babh. F.E. no. 228. FcU. Sym. M yc.p. 263. FcU. exs. no. 1098.
On oak leaves. Shere. Dr. Capron.
2 2 6 8 . P h a c id ium a b ie tin um . Sehm. “ Fir leaf Phaoidium.”
E r u m p e n t , sub-rotund, convex, then depressed, black, splitting
into 3-4 obtuse laciniæ ; disc cinereous ; asci stipitate, oblongovate;
sporidia oblong, minute.—Kze. M.H. i.p. 35. F r .S .M .
ii.p. 576. FcU. Sym. Myc. p. 262.
On leaves of Scotch fir. (A. Jerdon.)
Orbicular or subovate I - l line broad, opaque, allied to P. lacerum.—Fries.
2 2 6 9 . P h a c id ium le p a n d um . Fr. “ Eepand Phaoidium.”
Innate, snbrotund, pallid-green, at length black, splitting into
unequal obtuse laciniæ ; disc dingy-brown ; asci linear ; spores
oblong, minute.—Ur. S.M. ii. p. 578. A. & S. 1.14, / . 6. Eng.
F I .y .p . 223. Cooke L.F. no. 81. Cooke exs. no. 283.
On stems and leaves of various plants.
The habit, size, and general appearance is more like that of a Peziza or
Ascoholus than a Phacidium. The plants on which it occurs (as Asperula
odorata and Sherardia) are often still living when the parasite makes its ap-
pearanoe. Fuckel considers th at three species are confounded together
ymàQY Phacidium re-pandum. Fr.
2 2 7 0 . P h a c id ium tr ifo l ii . Bond. “ Clover Phacidium.”
Sessile, epiphyllous, minute, rather plane, smooth, pale yellow ;
sporidia elliptical, rather small, sometimes with a nucleus at each
end.—Load. Ann. Sc. Hat. (1869). x. p. 69. Ascobolus^ Trifolii
Biv.Bernh S t.r a r .t.6 ,f.3 . Berk, exs.no. 62. Fr. S.M. n .p .165.
Desm exs. no. 520. Berk. Eng. F I .y.p. 202. Outl. p . 374. Cooke
Seem. Journ. May (1864). Cooke exs. no. 331. Pseudopeziza trifolii,
FcU. Sym. Myc.p. 290.
On living clover leaves. [Mid. Carolina.]
2 2 7 1 . P h a c id ium l a n u u c u l i . Desm. “ Crowfoot Phaoidium.”
Hypophyllous, spots indeterminate, uniform, black, erumpent,
subgregarious, unequal; sporidia pyriform, or obovate, with a
septum towards the narrow end.—Dothidea Ranunculi, Lng. Fl.
Y. p. 287. Ur. S.M. ii. p. 562 ? Cooke exs no. 280. Berk. exs. no.
847.O
n fading leaves of Ranunculus repens, &c.
The asoi and sporidia are large for the size of the plant.
2 2 7 2 . P h a c id ium ilic i s . Fries. “ Holly Phacidium.”
S t y l o s p o r e s . Stroma containing 3-5 cells, orbicular, plane,
black, shining, penetrating the matrix, splitting into 3-5 plane,
short laciniæ.—Ceuthosporaphacidioides,Grev.t. 253. Eng. FI.y.
p .283. Moug. exs.no. 560. D.C. Mem. Mus.ii.t. 3 ,/. 8.
var. b. p u lv em c e a . Disc pulverulent; cells sub-triangular,
circinating ; spores white.—Desm. exs. no. 1626. B. ^ Br. Ann.