Lecidea. 57 



Adj. Lich. Lapp. II (1883) p. 49. L. asserculorum Th. Fr., Lich. 



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



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



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



Thallus crustaceus, tenuissimus, vircscens aut cinereo-glau- 



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



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

 jam primo convexa aut depresso-convexa immarginataque. Hy- 

 pafhecium virescens aut pallidum. Bymenhim parte inferiore vi- 

 rescens, KHO violascens. Epithecium olivaceo-fuligineum oliva- 



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



crass. 0,0 4 — 0,002 5 millim. 



F. Brasiliana Wainio. Eymenium jodo persistenter caeru- 

 lescens. Hypoihecium virescens. 



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

 Minarum, n. 1420, 1450. — Goniclia protococcoidea. Apothecia 

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

 poihecium in speciminibus nostris brasilianis virescens, KHO viola- 

 scens aut fuscescens. Epitliecium KHO decoloratur. Hymenium 

 arete cohaerens, circ. 0,0 4 0— 0,oso millim. crassum, jodo persi- 

 stenter caerulescens (demum vinose rubens in speciminibus euro- 

 paeis L. misellae). Paraphyses 0,ooo5 millim. crassae, apice 

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

 vati, crass, circ. 0,oos— 0,oi4 millim. Sporae distichae, simplices. 



Subg. XI. Euleq^dea Th. Fr. Thallus crustaceus, uniformis. 

 Apothecia disco et margine atro (aut pruinoso). Sporae simpli- 

 ces, decolores, parvae aut mediocres. 



Lecidea p Euleciclea Stizenb., Beitr. Fieclitensyst. (1862) p. 161 (emend.); 

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



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



Thallus crustaceus, tenuis, continuus, verruculoso-inaequalis, 

 esorediatus, albidus, KHO lutescens. Apothecia circ. 1,5—1 mil- 

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

 (piano in apotheciis recentibus), margine mediocri aut demum 

 extenuato, integro, discum superante aut rarius demum aequante. 

 Excipulum hypotheciumque (in lamina tenui) purpureo-fuligineum, 

 KHO non reagens, parte subhymeniali hypothecii tenui albida. 



