78 E. A. Vainio, Pyrenocarpeae. 



1. Endocarpon Hedw. 



Descr. Muse. II (1788) p. 56; Th. Fr. Lich. Arct. (1860) p. 257; 

 Zahlbr. Ascolich. (1903) p. 59, 61; A. Smith Mon. Brit. Lich. II (1911) 

 p. 274, tab. 40. Dermatocarpon Koerb. Syst. Lich. Germ. (1855) p. 326, 

 Parerg. Lich. 4 Lief. (1863) p. 307; Jatta Fl. It. Crypt. Lich. p. 782. 



Thallus subfoliaceus aut squamosus, tantum superne 

 aut etiam inferne strato corticali plectenparenchymatico, ex 

 hyphis verticalibus conglutinatis formato, obductus, tomento 

 hypothallino aut rhizinis substrato affixus. Apothecia thallo 

 immersa, gonidiis hymenialibus instructa. Paraphyses in 

 gelatinam diffluxae. Sporae murali-divisae, demum plus 

 minus obscuratae. Gonidia pleurococcoidea. 



1. E. adscendens (Anzi) Vain. 



Endocarpon pallidum f. adscendens Anzi Cat. Lich. Sondr. (1860) 

 p. 103, Lich. Rar. Langob. Exs. VI (1861) n. 219. [Lichen pallidus Sm. 

 Engl. Bot. (1813) tab. 2541 (incert. sicut etiam cit. sequ.). E. pusillam 

 var. pallidum Fr. Lich. Eur. Ref. (1831) p. 411; Schaer. Ennm. Lich. 

 Eur. (1850) p. 234. E. pallidum Leight. Brit. Angioc. Lich. (1851) p. 19, 

 tab. V f. 3; Nyl. Etud. Lich. Alg. (1854) p. 339, Lich. Paris (1896) p. 

 116. Verrucaria pallida Nyl. Prodr. Lich. Gall. (1857) p. 424 (178), Exp. 

 Pyrenoc. (1858) p. 20, Lich. Scand. (1861) p. 268 p. p. Dermatocarpon 

 pallidum Arn. Lich. Frank. Jur. (Fl. 1885) p. 238, Lich. Tirol XXX (1897) 

 p. 34; Winter Ueb. Sphaeromph. (1875) tab. XIX f. 15 t'(?). Leightonia 

 pusilla E. pallida Garov. et Gib. De Lich. Endoc. (1872) p. 287 p. p., 

 tab. IV f. 2. Haud E. pallidum Ach. Lich. Univ. (1810) p. 301. 



Exs. Schaer. Lich. Helv. Exs. XIX (1843) n. 464 (in nonnull. 

 collect.). — Stenh. Lich. Suec. Exs. n. 30 b (fert. in herb. Nyl.). 

 Anzi Lich. Rar. Langob. Exs. VI (1861) n. 219. — Arn. Lich. Exs. (1861) 

 n. 169. Erb. Critt. II XIV (1878) n. 673. (Sec. Arn. Fl. 1885 p. 238.) 



Thallus polyphyllus, subfoliaceus aut squamosus, squa- 

 mis majusculis, vulgo ambitum versus adscendentibus, loba- 

 tis, complicatis, caespites plus minusve latos formantibus, 

 superne lurido- vel cinerascenti- vel pallido-glaucescentibus, 

 opacis, subtus nigricantibus et ad ambitum vulgo late 

 pallidis, hyphis hypothallinis affixus. Gonidia hymenialia 

 globosa. Perithecium integre obscuratum. Sporae binac, 

 obscuratae. 



