Lecidea. 57 



Adj. Licli. Lapp. II (1883) p. 49. L. asserculorum Tb. Fr., Liclu 

 Scand. (1874) p. 473 (L. asserciilorum Ach., Lich. Univ. 1810 p. 

 170, apotheciis plano-concaviusculis, crusta fuligineo-atra" descripta 

 est, quare hoc nomen prioritatem habere vix dici potest). 



TJiaUas crustaceus, tenuissimus, virescens aut cincreo-glau- 



cescens, verruculoso-inaequalis, dispersus, aut evanescens. Ajio- 



thecia 1,5 3 millini. lata, adpressa, atra [aut fusco-nigra], nuda, 



jam primo convexa aut depresso-convexa immarginataque. Hi/- 



potliecium virescens aut pallidum. Hymenmm parte inferiore vi- 



rescens, KHO violascens. Epithecinm olivaceo-fuligineum oliva- 



ceumve. Sporae 8:nae, ellipsoideac ovoideaeve, long. 0,oio 0,oo5, 



crass. 0,0 4 0,oo2 5 millim. 



F. Brasiliana Wainio. Hymenium jodo persistenter caoru- 

 lescens. Hypothecium virescens. 



Ad lignum vetustum in Garassa (1400 metr. s. m.) in civ. 

 Minarum, n. 1420, 1450. Gonidia protococcoidea. Apothecia 

 demum saepe tuberculata. Excipulum tenue, fusco-nigricans. Hy- 

 potJieciimi in speciminibus nostris brasilianis virescens, KHO viola- 

 scens aut fuscescens. EpitJiecium KHO decoloratur. Hymenium 

 arcte cohaerens, circ. 0,0 4o 0,0 5o millim. crassum, jodo persi- 

 stenter caerulescens (demum vinose rubens in speciminibus euro- 

 paeis L. miseHae). ParapJiyses 0,ooo5 miliim. crassae, apice 

 haud incrassatae, sat numerosae (in KHO conspicuae). Asci cla- 

 vati, erass. circ. 0,oo8 0,oi4 millim. Sporae distichae, simpHces. 



Subg. XI. Eulecidea Th. Fr. TJiallus crustaceus, uniformis. 

 ApotJiecia disco et margine atro (aut pruinoso). Sp)orae simph- 

 ces, decolores, parvae aut mediocres. 



Lecidea ^ Eulecidea Stizenb., Beitr. Flechtensyst. (1862) p. 161 (emeud.); 

 Th. Fr., Lich. Scand. (1874) p. 481. 



62. L. violaceo-fuliginea Wainio (n. sp.). 



TJiallus crustaceus, tenuis, continuus, verruculoso-inaequalis, 

 esorediatus, albidus, KHO lutescens. ApotJiecia circ. 1,5 1 mil- 

 lim. lata, adpressa, atra, nuda, disco plano aut demum convexo 

 (plano' in apotheciis recentibus), margine mediocri aut demum 

 extenuato, integro, discum superante aut rarius demum aequante. 

 Excipulum hypotJieciumque (in lamina tenui) purpureo-fuligineum, 

 KHO non reagens, parte subhymeniali hypothecii tenui albida. 



