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cum strato mucoso concolori coalitae. — Spermogonia, qva- 
tenus nota, caespitosa, raro solitaria, modo apotheciis im- 
mixta, nunc segregata, sphaeriiformia, unilocularia, atra seu 
nigra. Spermatia elongata, exilia, brevissima, simplicia, in- 
coloria, in cirros ejecta ”). 
Fungilli corti- vel lignicolae, lente crescentes, perennes. 
Subfam. 7. STICTIDEAE. Apothecia matrici immersa 
vel innata, subinde erumpentia posteagqve liberata, aperta aut 
ab initio clausa, orbicularia vel elongata, excipulo tenui, mo- 
nostromatico vel indistincto sive partibus matricis adjacenti- 
bus parenchymate fungino infarctis formato, rarius Coriaceo- 
corneo. Asci elongato-clavati, obtusi, subsessiles, rarius Cy- 
lindracei. Sporae distichae vel conglobatae, ellipsoideae, ob- 
longatae, elongatae, bacillares vel filiformes, spurie septabtae, 
rarius simplices. 
XLIL 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, excipulo 
coriaceo-corneo, sat tenui, atra. Asci elongato-clavati, ob- 
tusi, subsessiles, majusculi vel mediocres. Sporae 4—58:nae, 
distichae vel conglobatae, ellipsoideae, oblongatae vel bacil- 
lares, spurie septatae, raro simplices, incolores. Paraphy- 
ses filiformes. 
XLII. 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 conspiciuntur corpusculis minutissimis ellipsoideis 
vel oblongatis farcti. An haecce corpuscula veras sporas sistant, in 
medium relingqvimus. 
