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cum strato mucoso concolori coalitae. — Spermogonia, qva- 
tenus nota, caespitosa, raro solitaria, modo apotheciis im- 
mixta, nunc segregata, sphaerüformia, unilocularia, atra seu 
nigra. Spermatia elongata, exilia, brevissima, simplicia, in- 
coloria, in cirros ejecta *). 
Fungilli corti- vel lignieolae, lente crescentes, perennes. 
Subfam. 7. STICTIDEAE. Apothecia matrici immersa 
vel innata, subinde erumpentia posteaqve liberata, aperta aut 
ab initio clausa, orbicularia vel elongata, excipulo tenui, mo- 
nostromatico vel indistincto sive partibus matrieis adjacenti- 
bus parenchymate fungino infarctis formato, rarius corlaceo- 
corneo. Asci elongato-clavati, obtusi, subsessiles, rarius cy- 
lindracei. Sporae distichae vel conglobatae, ellipsoideae, ob- 
longatae, elongatae, bacillares vel filiformes, spurie septatae, 
rarius simplices. 
XLI. PATELLARIA Fr. Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 366. 
Apothecia innata, rarius erumpentia vel superficialia, 
aperta aut primitus clausa posteaqve margine denticulato- 
rupto dehiscentia, concava vel planiuscula, nuda, exeipulo 
coriaceo-corneo, sat tenui, atra. Asci elongato-clavati, ob- 
tusi, subsessiles, majusculi vel mediocres. Sporae 4—B8:nae, 
distichae vel conglobatae, ellipsoideae, oblongatae vel bacil- 
lares, spurie septatae, raro simplices, incolores. Paraphy- 
ses filiformes. 
XLH. SCHMITZOMIA Fr. Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 363. 
Apothecia immersa vel erumpenti-superficialia, initio 
clausa, urceolata, rarissime patelliformia, margine integro vel 
*) Asci in plerisqve speciebus sporas rite evolutas continentes 
raro inveniuntur, sed conspieiuntur corpuseulis minutissimis ellipsoideis 
vel oblongatis fareti. An haccce corpuscula veras sporas sistant, in 
medium relingvimus. 
