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Ramalina Menziesii Tuck. f. sorediata Tuck. Twigs, Santa Monica range. 
Det. by Dr. R. H. Howe, Jr. 
Blastema ferruginea (Huds.) Arn. var. ammiospila Whlbg. Sub Caloplaca 
Fr. Li. Scand. p. 183. Thallus gray, rugose warty; disk flat, bright orange with 
a distinct crenulate or entire thalline margin. The thallus is that of ferruginea 
while apothecia resemble Caloplaca aurantiaca. On Quercus agrifolia, Cahuenga 
Pass, Santa Monica range. 
Physcia caesia (Hoffm.) Nyl. Sterile. Catalina Island. 
Physcia pulverulenta Nyl. f. diminuta Cromb. On barks. Santa Monica 
range and Tehachapi Mts. 
Theloschistes chrysophthalmus f. denudata (Hoffm.) Mull. Arg. Laciniae 
somewhat smaller than the species and devoid of fibrils. Santa Monica range. 
Buellia semitensis Tuck. Thallus whitish to pale sulphur, rimose. San 
Bernardino Mts. at Pinecrest. Altit. about 1830 m. 
Buellia subdisciformis Jatta. Thallus cracked areolate, light gray with a 
faint greenish tinge, areolae flat, slightly rugulose, of varying and irregular out- 
line. K greenish yellow, C — . Apothecia sessile, disk velvety black, long, flat 
with a subpersistent margin to convex and immarginate; apothecia 0.5 to 1.0 
mm. wide. Sp. oblong-ellipsoid, 20^-26 u long, 10^-14^ thick; hypothecium 
dark yellow-brown; hym. gel. with iodine blue, soon dull brown. On granite 
rock, Pinecrest, San Bernardino Mts. Det. by Dr. A. Zahlbruckner. 
Buellia turgescens Tuck. San Antonio Canyon of the San Gabriel range, on 
bark of hemlock. 
Buellia parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Hasse. On Parmelia exasperata, Eden 
Hot Springs, and on P. saxatilis, San Gabriel range. 
Buellia inquilina Tuck. On thallus of Lecanora saxicola , which is darkened 
and dull brownish colored. Apothecia flat, 0.3 to 0.5 mm. wide. Sp. i2/i-i6ji 
long, 7 ju- 8ju thick; hym. gel. with iodine blue, the asci dark coppery-red. Eden 
Hot Springs. 
Upon old redwood shakes, encrusted with accumulated and hardened dust, 
was found a Buellia whose appearance and microscopic structures do not differ 
from B. lepidastra Tuck.; for it Buellia lepidastra forma lignicola is proposed. 
Buellia vilis Th. Fr. Thallus light gray, cracked-areolate; apothecia ap- 
pressed, disk plano-convex, margin soon disappearing; sp. ellipsoid, i-septate 
13^-16 fj. long, 7 m~ 7 - 5 m thick; hypothecium colorless. On arenaceous rock, 
Santa Monica range; it has also been found in No. Dakota (Dr. J. F. Brenckle). 
Rinodina ascociscana Tuck. Barks, Santa Monica range. 
Santa Monica, Cal. 
CALYPOGEIA ARGUTA FROM THE FAROE ISLANDS 
A. LeRoy Andrews 
However one be disposed toward the various recent segregates from Caly- 
pogeia Trichomanis, Calypogeia arguta has long been recognized as a quite dis- 
tinct species. Its distribution is somewhat extensive, but in northern Europe it 
is pretty much confined to the range of the so-called “Atlantic species,” that is 
to the very moist coasts washed by the Gulf .Stream. The most northerly sta- 
