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Sph.irophoron. 

 GENUS XIII. 



5PH1ROPHORON. pers. 



{Coralloides DiLL. Hoffm. Stereo-^ 

 cauli Spec. Hoffm. Schreb. / 



Character Naturalis. 

 ApoTH. Cistula subrotunda terminalis, Nucleum 

 e Sporis nadis compaitis formatum 

 subglobosum includens, ab apice lace- 

 ro-dehiscens, Sc nucleo demum soluto 

 atque in pulverem nigrum sensim ela- 

 bentem fatiscente^ concava, vacua. 



(Thallus fruticulosus ramosus solidus rigidus, in- 

 tus crustaceo-fibrillosus superficie cartilaginea 

 glabra.) 



S p e c i e s. 



1. SfHjEROPHORON corailoides: thallo fmticuloso 

 cartiiagineo cinereo-lutescente, ramis laxis di- 

 varicatis teretibus fibriilosis; cistulis subglo- 

 bosis aequabilibus. 



Lichen globiferus Lich. Pr. p. qio. LlNN. S. N 

 : Spharophorus coralloides Pers. ScHRAD # 



Icom Hoffm. PJ. L. T. 31. f. q. EngL Bot. 

 T. 115. 



Habitat in montium praeruptis fc ad caud. Pi- 



ni Abietis. 



Obs. 



Sph^rophori Genus Cistulis &C 1 hallo fruticuloso 

 optirne distinctum. Eidem associaii forte possent Isi- 

 dia quaedam, sed habitus eorum alienus est 8C apothe- 

 cia etiam differunt, ne dicarn quod crusta propria o- 

 mnino in Sphaerophoris dehciat. 



