560 BTILBAOBI.
Gen. 1 9 8 . EPICOCCUM, Link.
Eeceptacle subglobose, vesicular,
studded with large, somewhat stipitate
spores.—JSer® Outl.p. 341.
(Fig. 233.;
1 6 7 8 . E p ico c cum n e g le c tum . Bern,.
“ L ittle Epieoeoum.”
Very minute, gregarious; spots none;
jTg. 233. stroma subglobose, purplish brown ;
spores numerous, spherical, reticulated,
brown, areolae darker, pedicel very short, conico-truncate, hyaline.—
®. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 500. Besm. exs. no. 540. Besm.
Ann. Sc. Nat. (1842). xvii.p. 95.
On decaying plants. [Low. Carolina.]
Spores (’0005 in.) -0125 m.m. long. (Fig. 233.)
1 6 7 9 . E p ico c cum e q u ise ti. Berh. “ Horse-tail Epieoeoum.”
Linear, occupying the striae of the stem; spores globose,
minute, atro-sanguineous, smooth.—Berh. Out. p. 341. Uredo
equiseti, Eng. FI. v. p. 384. Fchl. exs. no. 237.
On Equisetum limosum. Fineshade, Norths.
Gen. 1 9 9 . ILLOSFORIvni, Mont.
Eeceptacle obscure ; spores irregular,
falling away like meal.—Berh. Outl.p. 341.
{Fig. 234.)
Eig. 234.
1 6 8 0 . Illo sp o r ium ro seum. Fr. “ Rosy Illosporium.”
Heaped up in an irregular tubercle, soft, breaking to pieces,
rose-colonred.-®r. S.M. iii. p. 258. Eng. FI t-P- 328. Grev
Í 51. FI. Ban. 1.1243. Fchl. exs.no.241, f . l . Schnzl. t . l 4 , f .
1-3.' Willh.f. 40 c. Rabh. F.E. no. 72.
On the larger tree lichens, Parmelia saxatilis, &c. {Fig. 234.)
1681. Illo sp o rium c a rn eum. Fr. “ Eleah-ooloured Hlosporium.”
Gregarious, globular, free, soft, suh-pnlverulent, fleshy-red.
—Fr. S.M. in. p. 259. Berh. Ann. N.H. no. 491. Berk.exs.no.
293. Rabh. F .E . n o .13.
On Peltidea canina. Apethorpe.
1 6 8 2 . Illo sp o r ium co ra llin um . Roberge. “ Coralline
Illosporium.”
Gregarious, minute, rosy, globose, then cylindrical, somewhat
branched, coralline ; spores conglutinate, polymorphous, subhyaline.—
Desm. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1848), x. p. 342. B. 8ç Br. Ann.
N.H. no. 498. Desm. exs. no. 1551. I.coccineum, Corda.
On Borrera tenella. Autumn and Winter.
1 6 8 3 . Illo sp o r ium coccineum. Fr. “ Carmine Illosporium.”
Crowded, minute, sphoerical, persistent, carmine red.—Fr.
S.M. iii. p. 259. B. ÿ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 499. Fchl. exs. no. 240.
On Pertusaria communis. [Low. Carolina.]
Gen. 200. ÆGERITA, P.
Receptacle obscure; spores irregular,
disposed in short moniliform
threads at the apices of
flexuous, branched, radiating,
compacted peduncles. — Berh.
Outl.p.342. (Fig. 235.)
Eig. 235.
1 6 8 4 . JE g e r ita Candida. P. “ White .fflgerita.”
Smooth, soon mealy, white; spores ovate-oblong.—Fr. S.M.
iii. p. 220. Eng. FI. v. p. 324. Fchl. exs. no. 163. Grev. t. 268, / .
1.' B isch .f 3683. Hoff. E.G. ii. t. 9 , f 1. B. ^ Br. Ann. N .H. no.
823, t. 9 , f 1.
On damp decaying wood. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.]
Crowded, granule-Uke, globose, or hemispherical, of the size of a poppy
seed, white, at first even, smooth, then minutely squamulose or mealy from
the breaking np of the spores. “ There is
genus is typical of a compact Oidritm. Spores (0006- 0005 inO 015^/1 2 5
m.m. long. (Fig. 235.)
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