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VERRUCARIEiE. 



XJbi haec forma in foveis lapidum aquam diu servanti- 



bus nascitur, crusta iiiagis turgescit, pulti fere similis, 

 siccitate frustulosa, quam Verr. ceuthocarpam dixit A- 

 charius (Lich. univ. p. 283% nec specimina Wahlenber- 

 gii FL Lapp. p. 467 discernere valeo ; forsan tamen a 

 sequente eadem ratione orta. 



3()4- VERRUCARIA maura, crusta aequabili, de- 

 mum rimosissima ex atro-viridi aterrima, peri- 

 theciis subintegris innato-prominuHs, demum 

 umbilicatis, nucleo albo. Wahlerib. Lapp. n. 

 889-892. 



Lichen terminalis. Fl. Dan. t. 879- Verr« mucosa 

 (status junior), V. maura (adultus), V. aractina (ve- 

 tustissimus, elevato-punctatus, in Isidium tendens) 

 Wahl. in Aclu M.etlu Suppl. p. 23, 21, 17,: Ach. 

 Lich. univ. p. 282, 293. Fl. JDan. t. 1852- f- 1- — 

 Pyrenul. aractina Ach. syn. p. 121« P. maura.^ FL 

 JDeutsch. Licli. n. 131« (inclusa V. umbrina). 



Exs. Livh. Suec. n. 388- 



b. crusta viridi-nigra piceave, ambitu radiante, peri- 

 theciis nudis. Verrucar. striatula. II. cc. Verruc. 

 amphibia. Clqm. Ens. Vicl. p. 299«, a Cabrera ha- 

 beo. Ach. syn. p. 94. (hujus vero perithecia simii- 

 lima c. !) 



c. crusta tenuissima aterrima, peritheciis emergentibus 

 urceolato-apertis. GyaJecta atrata. Ach. Lich. univ. 

 p. 152- Lecid. PVahl. Lapp. p. 4T/&.Ach. syn. p. ±±. 



Iu scopulis marinis graniticis, b. in Quartzo, 

 Europae totius a Nord-Cap ad mediterraneos Ca- 

 breral ubique copiose. 



Exstat sane prioris status nigrescens ab hac charac- 

 tere in vetusto statu non separandus, quare haud sine ra- 

 tione conjungi possint, at ne nimis contrahere videamur, 

 in tanta formarum copia, separamus ob colorem prima- 

 rium laevigatae crustae diversum, apothecia minus evoluta 

 vix umquam papiilata & proecipue proventum juxta aquas 

 salinas; nam V. mauram ubique ad litora marina, V. 

 umbrinam ad litora lacuum siivaticorum, nec vice ver- 

 sa, observamus. Utramque tamen ad Jitora Finmarkiae 

 legit Wahlenberg. Sphceria Lichenij ormis Sow. t. 

 220 ad V. mauram aut V. nigrescentem pertinet, sed ut 

 plures eximii ceterum operis species nimis obiter tractata. 



