50 LICHENES OF THE NORTHERN STATES 



blackish and white-spotted at the base ; scyphi irregular, cristate-lacer- 

 ate ; apoth. fuscous. Floerk. ! Clad. p. 41. Fr. ! Lichenogr. p. 221. 

 Cenomyce gonorega, Ach. — (?; scyphi digitately divided into fastigiate 

 branches, and becoming carious with age. Fr. I. c. Cenomyce carlo- 

 sa, Ach. 



On the earth ; common in New England. New York, Halsey. 

 Pennsylvania, Muhl. (Southward to Virginia, Bill.) 



8. Cfimhriata, Fr. Th. squamulose ; podetia cylindrical, the whole 

 membranaceous epidermis deliquescing into a fine, glaucous-candicant 

 dust ; scyphi cupuleeform with an erect margin ; apoth. fuscous. Fr. 

 Lichenogr. p. 222. Lichen Jimbriatus, L. — « ; podetia short, all 

 scyphiferous ; scyphi somewhat dentate; apoth. simple. Fr. I. c. Dill. 

 Muse. t. 14, f. 8. Lichen Jimbriatus, «, L. — /5. tuiaformis, Fr. ; po- 

 detia elongated, mostly scyphiferous ; scyphi somewhat entire ; apoth. 

 symphycarpeous. Fr.l.c. Lichen Jimbriatus, ^, L. — y. radiata,FT.; 

 podetia elongated, subulate, or the scyphi proliferous-subulate, or oblit- 

 erated and radiate-fimbriate. Fr. I. c. Lichen Jimbriatus, y, L. 



On the earth, common in mountainous districts, and fertile ; New 

 England. New York, Halsey. Pennsylvania, Muhl. Northward to 

 Arctic America, Rich. 



9. C. cornuta, Fr. Th. squamulose ; podetia cylindrical, somewhat 

 ventricose, the epidermis cartilagineous and persistent below, membra- 

 naceous and becoming powdery-deliquescent above ; scyphi narrowed, 

 rather plane, with an incurved, somewhat entire margin ; apoth. fus- 

 cous. Fr. Lichenogr. p. 225. Lichen cornutus, L. 



Trunks among mosses, dead wood, &c., in the mountains of New 

 England ; fertile. 



10. C. decorlicata, Floerk. Th. squamulose ; podetia slender, cy- 

 lindrical, the submembranaceous epidermis separating into furfuraceous 

 scales, pulverulent ; scyphi narrowed or obsolete ; apoth. fuscous. 

 Floerk. ! Clad. p. 10. Fr. Lichenogr. p. 226. — (S. syviphycarpea, Fr. ; 

 podetia somewhat simple ; apoth. symphycarpeous. Fr. I. c. — y. {ra- 

 mosa), Fr. ; podetia branched, subulate, sterile. Fr. I. c. 



On the earth, in mountainous districts. White Mountains; fertile. 

 Distinguishable from similar decorticate, symphycarpeous states of C. 

 py.xidata by its pulverulence. 



** Pervice, Fr. Podetia not passing into closed scyphi, but the axils 



