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766 P H A C ID IA C E I .
A s t e r in a B a b i n g t o n i i , Berk, is claimed ]by licbenologists
under tbe name of Strigula Babingtonii. I t is at the best a very
doubtful fungus.
Gen. 3 2 8 . ACT ID IUM , Pr.
Perithecia free, carbonaceous, black,
fragile, stellate, opening from the
centre in radiating fissures ; asci
clavate, evanescent; paraphyses none.
—Fr. Obs. i. p. 190. Duby Hyst. p.
43. {Fig. 363.)
2 3 1 0 . A c tid ium h y s te rio id e s . Fr. “ Stellate Actidium.”
Perithecia stellate, gregarious, punctiform, black, even, at
first rounded, then 4-6 gonate, radiato-stellate, somewhat closed ;
asci clavate, sporidia cylindrical, straight.—Fr. S .M .ii.p . 596.
Gurr. Linn. Trans, xxiv.yi. 155.
On chips of wood under fir trees. Weybridge. May.
(Fig. 363.)
Gen. 3 2 9 . lO PH IUM , Fr.
Perithecia stipitate, wedge-shaped,
opening with a narrow, longitudinal
fissure ; asci elongated.—Berh. Outl.
p. 381. (Uÿ. 364.)
2311. lio p h ium e la tu m . Qrev. “ Elongated Lophium.”
Stipitate, compressed, black, transversely striate, dilated
gradually upwards into an elongated wedge-shaped perithecium ;
asci cylindrical ; sporidia filiform, multiseptate.—Gren. i. 177,/.
2. F r .F l. ii. y. 113. Eng. F I .y .p . 281.
On fir wood. Rare. Appin.
2 3 1 2 . lo p h iu m m y til in um . Fr. “ Shell Lophium.”
Shortly pedicellate, much dilated upwards, transversely striate,
black, shining ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia filiform, multiseptate.
—Fr. S.M .ii.p . 533. Grev. t. m,f. 1. Nees.f. 301. Eng. Fl. v.
p. 280. Fckl. exs. no. 762.
On bark or wood of fir trees. {FIQ- 364.)
Gen. 3 3 0 . S T E G IA , Pr.
Perithecium orbicular, splitting
horizontally; operculum deciduous.
Berh.Outl.p. 381. {Fig. 365.)
2 3 1 3 . S te g ia ilic i s . Fr. “ Holly
Stegia.”
Innate, operculum nearly plane,
falling off, surrounded by a ringlike,
whitish margin ; asci linear ;
sporidia oblong.—Fr. El. ii. p.
Kg. 365. 112. Cooke exs. no. n 8. Eustegia
ilicis, Eng. Fl. Y.p. 280. Fckl. exs. no. 1589. Fries, exs. no. 417.
Moag.exs.no. 82. Sph. concava. Sow. t. 317. Xyloma concava,
Grev. Fl. E d .p . 368. Baxt. exs.no.77.
On holly leaves. Common. {Fig. 365.)
Gen. 331. T B .O CH IIA , Fr.
Disc innate, erumpent,
placed upon a black hypo-
thecinm, persistent.—Berk.
Outl.p. 381. Fr. S .V .S .p .
367. (Fig. 366.)
2 3 1 4 . T x ochila lau io -c e -
r a s i. Fr. “ Laurel
Trochila.”
Hypophyllous, orbicular,
punctiform, hollow when
Rg, 366. collapsed, at length black,
splitting into three acute
laciniæ ; asci linear ; sporidia oblong, uniseriate.—Fr. S. V.S. ii.
p .367. Fckl.exs.no.1112. Cookeexs.no. 172. Phacidium Laurocerasi,
Desm. exs. no. 188. Eng. Fl. v. p. 223. Moug. exs. no.
985. Ayres, ex. no. 72. Berk. exs. no. 45.
On fallen laurel leaves. Common.
Disc yellowish when moist. Sporidia ('0003-‘0004 in.) '0075-‘01 m.m
ong.
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