142 J. Muller. 



teruiii hyalina; paraphyscs segrcgabilos; asci 2-sn-iatini 8-spoii; sporae 

 6 — 8 /' longae et SVa— 4Va /^ latac, ellipticae ct oblongo-ovoidcao. 



llabitii multis accedens ct extricatii hand facilis. Hinc primo 

 visa fore T.ecanorani sepincolam et americanam I., mi nutcllani 

 N}1. (Lich. Japon. p. 105) simulans at apothcciis novcllis biatorinis 

 onmiiiu divcrsa, illinc fcrc Lecideani h ypoptam Th. I\I. Fr. Scand. 

 p. 463 rcfcrt, sod apothecia sunt multo minora, non alto convcxa ct 

 minus nigrata, ct L. h}poptclla Nyl. aut L. sym mictiza cjusdcm 

 ctiam apothcciis majoribus pallidioribus ct sporis majoribus rccedunt. 



Ad ligna vctusta, ad Fulton in tcrritorio amcricano Illinois: Dr. 

 Fckfcldt n. 19. 



150. Lecidea (s. Biatora) heterochroa Miill. Arg.; thallus granu- 



losus, albidus; granula hcmisphacrica, arctc adnata, circ. mm 



lata , discrcta , ambitu rcgularia , vulgo varic conflucntia ct dcmum 

 varic pulviniformi - conglobata; apothecia ^1^ — ^3 v. rare usque 

 ad Va IT^J^"* 1^^^^^ ^^ origine immarginata, semper convex a, e fulvo- 

 palHdo mox fuscescentia, dcmum fusca v. brunnco-fusca ct nuda, 

 simplicia et pro parte prolifero-syncarpica v. aggrcgata, intus dcmum 

 undiquc fulvo-fuscescentia; h\'i)othccium non peculiaritcr obscuratum ; 

 partes interlores conglutinatae; sporae 8-nac, 11 — 15 // longae et 

 3 — 4 }i latac, cylindraccac, utrin(|uc late obtusac. — Juxta L. fur- 

 furaccam Pcrs. ct L. micr odact)'lam (Kn.) Nyl., quarum a[)o- 

 thccia majora x:t aliter colorata et cpiarum sporae multo graciliorcs, 

 inserenda est. — Caracas, ad cortices: Dr. Frnst (sine n^.). 



151. Lecidea (s. Biatora) Befariae Miill. Arg.; thallus albus, 



O A 



maculiformi-tcnuissimus, polito-laevigatus; apothecia " mm lata, 



scssilia, rcgularia et firma, rufo-nigricantia, levitcr concava, marginc 

 crassiusculo int(^gro promincnte nitidulo cincta , madcfacta levitcr 

 translucentia; margo disco obscurior; cpithccium fuscidulum, lamina 

 cactcrum h>"alina, nana, circ. 37 ,m tanlum alta; asci 2-scriatim 8-spori, 

 ai)icc valdc pachydcrmei; sporae late obovoideac, 11 — 13 u longae, 

 6 — 8 /< latac. — A L. fuscella Miill. Arg. reccdit ai)othcciis ct 

 sporis minoribus et thallo; a L. mutabili Fee apothcciis rcgulari- 

 bus, madefactis non adeo transluccntibus, magis rufo-nigricantibus 

 ct firmis. A simillima L, gyrostomoidc Miill. Arg. dcin differt 

 apothcciis baud nigris ct minus concavis, in margine nitidulo sub- 

 translucidis. Lamina est insignitcr nana. — In ramulis l^cfariae 



I 



proi)c Caracas: Dr. Ernst (sine n".V 



152. Patellaria (s. Bilimbia) rubrlcosa Miill. Arg.; thallus albus 



V. flavcscenti-albidus, cffusus et tenuis, subtilitcr granuloso-furfuraccus; 

 gonidia circ. 12 ^f* lata; apothecia 1 — P/g mm lata et minora, scssilia, 

 plana v. subplana, ab origine biatorina, subsanguineo-rubricosa v. 



