72 Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora fennica, VII. 



rum angusto instruetis, aut strato corticali nullo. Stratum me- 

 dullare stuppeum, hyphis implexis, tenuibus aut sat tenuibus, mem- 

 branis tenuibus aut leviter incrassatis et lumine cellularum com- 

 parate sat lato aut sat tenui. Gonidia protococcoidea aut pleu- 

 rococcoidea. Apothecia lecanorina, thallo innata, vulgo mox erner 1 

 gentia adpressaque, aut raro immersa permanentia, disco vulgo 

 rubescente rufescenteve. Excipulum thallodes, textura thallo 

 consimile, perithecio proprio nullo aut plus minusve evoluto. 

 Hypothecium albidum pallidumve. Sporae fusiformes acicularesve, 

 longae angustaeque, 3 — pluri-septatae, decolores, 8:nae. „Sterig- 

 mata exarticulata aut pauciarticulata. Pycnoconidia cylindrica" 

 (Linds., Mem. Sperm. Crust. Lich. p. 232, tab. 9 fig. 39 et 41). 



1. H. piiniceum (Ach.) Wainio. Lecanora punicea Ach., Syn. 

 Lich. (1814) p. 174 (pr. p.: lib. Ach.); Nyl., Lich. Nov.-Gran. (1863) 

 p. 443, Syn. Nov. Cal. (1868) p. 30; Tuck., Syn. North Am. (1882) 

 p. 194. Lecania Mull. Arg., Lich. Beitr. (1881) n. 331, Rev. Lich. 

 Fee (1887) p. 10, Lich. Parag. (1888) p. 10. 



TJialhis crustaceus, effusus, sat tenuis, verruculoso-inaequa- 

 lis, vulgo continuus, albidus, esorediatus aut raro sorecliosus. 

 Apothecia 1,5 — 0,8 millim. lata, demum elevata adpressaque, disco 

 piano, normaliter coccineo, margine thallode crassiusculo aut sat 

 tenui, thallo concolore. Sporae aciculari-fusiformes, pluri-septatae, 

 decolores, long. circ. 0,oeo— 0,072, crass. 0,oos — 0,004 millim. 



Var. esorediata Wainio. Th alius esorediatus. Apothecia 

 disco coccineo. 



Ad corticem arborum sat frequenter in Brasilia provenit, n. 

 542, 792, 845, 848, 862, 1029. — Thallus neque KHO ncc I rea- 

 gens; stratum medullare hyphis tenuibus, membrana sat tenui et 

 lumine comparate sat lato instruetis. Gonidia protococcoidea, 

 simplicia, globosa, membrana tenui. Apothecia interdum sat diu 

 thallo immersa permanent, at vulgo jam valdc juvenilia emergun- 

 tur, disco coccineo, margine vulgo cxtus minute crcnulato, ran' us 

 (in eodem specimine quoque) integro aut flexuoso instruct a. Ex- 

 cipulum gonidia continens, strato corticali obductum subamorpho, 

 ex hyphis subverticalibus conglutinatis parum distinctis formato; 

 excipulum proprium nullum. Hypothecium crassum, dilute sub- 

 lutescens, KHO non reagens aut (ulvescens. Hym&nium circ. 

 0,100—0,120 millim. crassum, jodo persistenter caerulescens. Epi~ 



