PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 1 89 



Cladonia cornucopioides (Z.) Fr. 



Heathy or mossy ground. Rare. Mt Mclntyre and Indian pass. 



It differs from the last in its podetia, which terminate in cups instead of 



short branches. 



Cladonia deformis (Z.) Hoffm. 



Habitat and localities the same as in the preceding species. It is not 

 so scarce but it fruits very sparingly. The podetia are longer and 

 covered, above at least, with a yellowish powder. 



Thamnolia vermicularis {Sw^ Schaer. 



Ground on mountain summits. Mt Mclntyre and Mt Wright. Sterile. 

 Its podetia are simple or sparingly branched, about the thickness of 

 a goose quill, hollow and subulate or sharp pointed. They attract 

 attention by their white color and are liable to be mistaken for the dead 

 and bleached remains of some species of Cladonia. 



LECIDEACEAE 

 Baeomyces aeruginosa {Scop:) DC. 



Ground and much decayed wood. Top of Mt Mclntyre and in 



Indian pass. 



Baeomyces byssoides (Z.) Schaer. 



Ground, rocks and decayed wood. Vicinity of Lake Placid. 

 Atkinson. 



Biatora granulosa {Ehrh.) Poetsch 



^, Heathy ground, decaying wood and mosses. Occasional. Mt 

 Mclntyre and near Mountain View house. 



Biatora vernalis (Z.) Fr. 

 Decaying wood and bark. Vicinity of Lake Placid. Atkinson. 



Biatora varians {Ach) Fr. 

 Bark of alder. Along the Ausable river. 



Biatora Laureri Hepp 

 Trunks of beech. Lake Placid. Atkinson. Freemans Home. 



Biatora hypnophila Turn. 

 Mosses. Freemans Home and Rocky falls. 



