178 DiscomycetfE, Patellariace?e, DidvmosporfP, Karschia. 



hyalinis; sporidiis oblongis, l-septatis, 12-15^6, ex hyalino fla- 

 vidis. I 



Hdb. in tliallo SolorincO limbatse et •Sol. bispora:' in 

 Seotia. 



9. Karschia adjuncta (Th. Fries) Zopf Hedw. 1896, p. 353, Buellia 3784 

 adjuncta Th. Fr. Bot. Not. 1866, p. 14-18, Flora 1866, p. 316. 



— Ascomatibus minutis, 300-400 \i.. diam., adnatis, concavis mar- 

 ginatisque, rarius demum planiusculis immarginatisque, atris, nu- 

 dis; ascis inflato-clavatis, octosporis; paraphysibus laxe cohteren- 

 tibus, nigro-capitatis ; sporidiis ellipsoideis, utrinque obtusis, 13- 

 16 «:» 7-8, brunneis, 1-septatis; gelatina hymenaea jodo immutata. 



Hah. in thallo Placodii straminei in Finmarkia Scan- 

 dinavias. 



10. Karschia vermicularis (Lindsay) Rehm et Arnold in Hedw. 1903, 3785 

 p. (174), Lecidea vermicularis Lindsay, Trans. Soc. Edimb. 1859, 



p. 143, t. 5, fig. 24, 25. — Ascomatibus creberrimis, immersis, 

 depressis vel applanatis, orbicularibus, nigris, minutis; ascis irre- 

 gulariter obovatis, haud pedicellatis, octosporis; sporidiis oblongo- 

 ovalibus, 1-septatis, medio constrictis, fuscis, 



Hah. parasitica in Thamnolia vermiculari, in insulis 

 Falklandiai (Antarctic Expedition 1839-43 Doct. Hooker). 



11. Karschia particuiaris (Nyl.) Zopf, Hedw. 1896, p. 360, Lecidea 3786 

 particularis Nyl. Flora 1877, p. 461, Leight. Lichenfl. p. 386. — 



— Ascomatibus planis, marginatis, nigris, intus concoloribus; hy- 

 pothecio et excipulo nigricantibus ; ascis octosporis, obsolete para- 

 physatis; sporidiis ellipsoidois, fus<!o-nigricantibus, 1-septatis, 8- 

 10^3,5-4,5; gelatina hymenoea jodo intense caerulescente. 



Hah. in thallo Sphyridii byssoidis in Hibernia (Larba- 

 lestier). 



12. Karschia glauco-nigella (Nyl.) Zopf in Hedw, 1896, p. 361, Le- 3787 

 cidea glauco-nigella Nyl. Lich. Scand. pag. 238. — Ascomatibus 

 opace nigris, parvis, 300-500 [x. diam., superficialibus, immargi- 

 natis, planis, scabriusculis, intus prope concoloribus ; ascis octo- 

 sporis, paraphysibus non bene discretis obvallatis ; sporidiis oblon- 

 gis, 1-soptatis, fuscis, 11-16=* 6-9. 



Hah. in thallo Sphyridii byssoidis in Scandinavia. 



13. Karschia homoclinella (Nyl.) Zopf, Hedw. 1896, p. 329, Lecidea 3788 

 homoclinella Nyl. Flora 1872, p. 361. — Ascomatibus parvis sub- 

 immarginatis 300 [>.. diam., disco kiteo-fuscescento, hypothecio in- 

 fuscato; ascis octosporis, paraphysibus mollibus subarticulatis ob- 



