The Lichen.s of Victoria. IGl 



Tribe 1. — Caliciei. 



Thallus crustaceous, granulose or obsolete, yellow or flavo- 

 virescent, or cinerascent, or whitish, or none. Apothecia 

 cnpuliform, sessile or stipitafce. 



Genus 1. — Sphinctkina, Fr. pr. p. D. N. 



Thallus none. Apothecia parasitic on Pertusarice, globoso 

 turbinate, shining, black, sessile or shortly stipitate. Spores 

 8, nigrescent, simple. 



1. S. microceplMla, Nyl. 



Apothecia black, globoso turbinate, briefly stipitate, nearly 

 sessile, capitula small (about -1 mm. broad), spores nigricant, 

 fusifoiini ellipsoid, nearly globose, but acuminate at apices, 

 epispore thick, reddish, -01 to -012 x 'OO-i to 008 mm. 



Hab. on some pertussaria, on bark of Hymenanthera 

 banksii, Maffra. 



Form tenella, Wilson. — Like the type, but with a smaller 

 capitulum and longer stipe (to o mm.) 



Hab. along with type, Maff'ra. 



Genus 2. — Calicium, Ach, Nyl. 



Thallus granulose, powdery, crustaceous, squamulose, or 

 altogether evanescent. Apothecia generally black, stipitate 

 or subsessile, capitula globose, or turbinate, or cupular. 

 Spores fuscous or nigricant. Spermatia short, oblong. 



1. C. clirysocepJtalum, Ach. 



Thallus citrine or obsolete. Apothecia small (G mm. 

 high), black, stipe slender (-OG mm. thick). Capitulum 

 small (12 mm. broad), turbinate ; beneath citrino suffused. 

 Sporal mass umber brown ; spores fuscous, globose, -OOS to 

 006 mm. diam. 



Hab. on decorticated decaying eucalyptus, near river, at 

 Maffra, Kilmore. 



YciY. jilare, Ach. — Stipe longer and more slender (to -8 x 

 •4r ram.) ; capitulum smaller ; sporal mass protruding upwards 

 to a great height. 



Hab. along with type, Maffra. 



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