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uoso-gelatinosum, servans. Asci clavati 1-2-3-spori, mueilagine 
granulosa , immixti , sporidia ovoideo-elliptica , tetrablastia-di- 
plonyrenia, primum diaphana , dein badia, tandem fuljgineo- 
opaca. 
Thallus cartilagineus, effusus, squamuiosus foliolosus. 
Obs Differt hoc genus a Polyblastiis, sicut Lithoiccae a Verrucarils . 
22) Sphaeroraphale Silesiaca Massal. 
Syn. Sphaerompbale thelostoma Roerb! (non Reichen. ) in 
Litter. - Legit Koerb. ad saxa in Silesia ( Hirsehberg. ) 
XV. BLASTODESMIA MASSAL. ( EMEND. ) 
Apothecium sessile semi-immepsum, excipulo simplici propria 
( perithecium ) carbonaceo cupuliforme subtus late deficiente, 
thalamiumque, absque lichenina, farinosum, servante, praeditum. 
Asci creberrimi 8-spori, paraphysibus mucilaginosis, obvallati, 
Sporidia elliptico-linearia oblonga utrinque obtusa, baculiformia 
6-8-lOdocularia ( raro diplopyrenia) costauterque fuligineo-fusca» 
Thallus hypophiaeodes. 
Obs. Blastodesmia lactea Massal. Ricerch. referenda potius est i<H Poli/blastias* 
23 ) Blastodesmia nitida Massal. 
Ricerch. pag. 180 fig. 368 a, b. 
XVI. ALVTHOPYRENIA MASSAL. ( EMEND. ) 
Apothecium solitarium v. aggregatum superficiare v. semi 
immersum hemisphaericum; excipulum simplex corneo carbona- 
