Pl.cell.apk. 5. IDIOTHALAMEiE. 131. Endocarp. 49.9 
X. 131. ENDOCARPON. Hedwig. Hidden-fruit . 
Thallus crustlike, fiat, adnate, rather regular, or leaflike, 
and peltate ; apothecia composed of a globular thalamium 
hidden in the substance of the thallus; perithecium single, 
membranaceous, thin, transparent, with a thick, nearly 
nipplelike prominent mouth, at the surface of the thallus; 
and enclosing a globular nucleus, nearly similar to the 
thallus. 
1. Endocarpon sinopicum. Jasper hidden-fruit. 
Thallus crustlike, cracked in beds, slightly lobed, green- 
ish, rusty, circumference depressed ; mouths depressed, 
black. 
Endocarpon Sinopicum, Achar. Meth. Supp. 30; Lich. 207. 
Lichen Sinopicus, Engl. Bot. 1776, but not the magnified figure. 
On slate. 
2. Endocarpon smaragdulum . Emerald hidden-fruit. 
Thallus crustlike, cartilaginous, rather leaflike, very 
small, slightly peltate, flat, pressed close, rounded, not 
cut, yellowish-green ; mouths depressed, reddish-brown. 
Endocarpon smaragdulum, Achar. Meth. Supp. 29 ; Lich. 298. 
Lichen smaragdulus, Engl. Bot. 1512. 
On rocks, and in their cracks. 
3. Endocarpon tephroides. Ash- colour -hidden-fruit. 
Thallus crustlike, membranaceous, spreading, rather 
leaflike, unbroken, wavy, frequently tiledlike, cracked, ash- 
grey, hoary; circumference irregular, crenately lobed, un- 
derneath black, rather spongy; mouths raised, convex, 
black, pierced. 
Lichen tephroides, Achar. Prod. 18; Engl. Bot. 2013. 
Endocarpon einereum, Persoon in Uster Ann. 7,28. 
Endocarpon tephroides, Achar. Meth. 129; Lich. 297. 
Upon the ground, and on rotten mosses. 
4. Endocarpon polythecium. Many -cased hidden-fruit . 
. Thallus spreading, wrinkled, cracked, dark brownish- 
grey, hoary ; mouths hemispherical, pierced, afterwards 
slightly bordered, crowded, tuberculated. 
Lichen fuscellus, Turner in Lin. TV. 7,90; Engl. Bot. 1500. 
Verrucaria fuscella a and y, Achar. Lich. 289 and 675. 
Verrucaria polythecia, Achar. Lich. 288. 
On stones, walls, and the ground, 
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