MTXOGASTEES. 



407 



Gen, 93. 



PERZCH^NA, Fr. 



1191. 



Fig. 139, 



Ferichsena abietina. 



Peridium simple, suLmem- 

 branaceous, persistent, naked, 

 often splitting liorizontally in 

 the middle. Flocci few, not 

 spiral. — Berh. Oiitl. p. 311. 

 Enff.Fl.\.p.321. 



(Fig. 139.; 



Fr. " Fir wood Perichfena." 



Peridia obovato-globose, bay black, more or less regularly 

 splitting all round; flocci and spores yellow, — Fr. S.JI. in. p. 

 191. Eng.Fl.Y.p.321. Sphoerocarpus sessilis. Sow.t.2i)^. 



On fir wood. 



There is an evident hypotlialluSj whicli is one of the peculiar characters of 

 the species. — J/. /• B. 



1192. Perichaena populina. Fr. " Poplar Pericli£ena." 



Peridia globose, depressed, yellow-brown, splitting all round, 

 flocci and spores yellow. — Fr. S.M.iii.p. 191. Eng. Fl. \.p 321. 

 Grey. f. 252. Desm. exs.no. Ql\. Bull. t. 4^17 , f. b. Pers.Obs.i. 

 t. 6,/. 1-2. Berk. exs. no. 47. 



On fallen poplars. [United States.] 



Sometimes almost covering the tree. {Fig. 139.) 



Gen. 94. 



A 



r 



LICEA, Scbrad. 



Peridium thin, membrana- 

 ceous, even, bursting irregu- 

 larly. Spores not mixed with 

 the flocci. — Berk. Outl.p. 311. 

 Eng.Fl.Y.p. 321. 



(Fig. 140.) 



Fi^. 140. 



1193. 



liicea cylindrica. Fr. " Tubular Licea." 



Equally effused, peridia linear, connate ; spores earthy-fer- 

 ruginous. — Fr. S.M. Hi. p. 195. Eng. Fl. y. p. 391. Batsch. f. 

 175. Bull i. 470,/. 3. XL exs. no. 34.^. Nees.f.lQ3. Eeticularia 

 multicapsula. Sow. 1. 179. Trichia meteorica. Sow. t. 435. 



On rotten wood. [Mid. & Up. Carolina.] 



