Plate 44 



TELOSCHISTES CHRYSOPHTHALMUS (L.) BELTR. 



Fig. 1, the plant, showing the branching fruticose thallus and the apothecia. Fig. 2, a 

 portion of thallus and three apothecia. Fig. 3, a section of an apothecium and the thallus below; 

 a, the hymenium; b, the hypothecium: c, the fungal hyphae; d, the algal cells; e, the pseudo- 

 cortex of entangled hyphae. Fig. 4, a longitudinal section of the thallus; a and d, the pseudocor- 

 tex of hyphae; b, the better devloped algal layer of the upper side of the ascending branch; c, 

 the medullary layer. Fig. 5, paraphyses and an ascus. Fig. 6, free, 1-septate spores with polar 

 cells. Fig. 1, natural size; fig. 2, enlarged about 8 diameters; figs. 3, 4, enlarged 400 diameters; 

 figs. S, 6, enlarged 650 diameters. From Schneider. 



