644 Zahlbruckner : Flechten-Flora Sud-Californiens 



Lecidea (Biatora) xanthococcoides sp. nov. 



Thallus tenuis, ruguloso-granulatus vel verrucosus, pallide 

 cervino-fuscescens ; KHO — , CaCl 2 — , non corticatus, hyphis non 

 amyloideis. Gonidia protococcoidea, globosa, 10-18/i diam. 

 Apothecia parva (0.2-0.3 mm. lata), sessilis, nigra, opaca, primum 

 modice concava vel plana, margine tenui, integro subnitidoque 

 cincta, demum convexa et immarginata. Excipulum et hypo- 

 thecium fuscum. Hypothecium obscure fuscum, N0 5 — , KHO 

 nubes fuscescentes effundens. Hymenium 160— 180 fi altum. I 

 coerulescens, dein obscure fulvescens. Paraphyses conglutenatae, 

 tenues. Asci oblongo- vel ovoideo-cuneati, 8-spori. Sporae 

 ovales vel oblongo-ovales, obtusae, simplices, hyalinae, 12-15/* 

 longae et 5.5—6 /i latae, episporio tenui. 



Habita ad Lecideam xanthococcam accedit, sed structura interna 

 apotheciorum ab ea longe distat. Lecideae hypomelaenae Nyl. 

 affinis. 



Ad truncos Coniferarum in montibus San Bernardino, circa 

 1700 mt. s. m. (no. 705). 



Lecidea cinerata sp. nov. 



Thallus exceptis partibus sub apotheciis sitis non evolutus ; 

 medulla cretacea, albida, KHO — , I — . Apothecia conferte, 

 parva (0.5-1 mm. lata), anguloso-rotundata, sinuosa vel sinuoso- 

 lobata, primum dense cinereo-pruinosa, urceolata, demum disco 

 piano et minus pruinoso, margina crasso persistente, obtuso, cinereo- 

 pruinoso cincta. Epithecii pars marginalis coeruleo-nigricans, pars 

 interna lutescens. Hypothecium crassum, fulvescens. Hymenium 

 I coerulescens, dein fulvescenti-obscuratum. Paraphyses tenues, 

 eseptatae, conglutenatae, apice olivaceo-nigricantes. Asci ob- 

 longo-cuneati, 8-spori. Sporae hyalinae, simplices, 12-14/* longae 

 et 5-6 1 'i latae, episporii tenui. Pycnoconidia non visa. 



lithophilae 



M 



m. (no. 714). 



Buellia (Catolechia) badia Koerb., Syst. Lich. Germ. 226. 

 1855 ; Th. Fries, Lichgr. Scand. 1 : 588. \%7 ±.— Lecidea badis 

 E. Fries, Syst. Orb. Veg. 287. 1825. 



Ad saxa in montibus San Gabriel (no. 701). 



Dirina Hassei sp. nov. 



Thallus effusus, continuus, ramulus lata obtegens, tenuis, rug- 

 uloso-rimosus, areolas parvas formans, rarius rugulosus lutescen 



