Thallus cartilagineus bulla to-squamosus, ramulosus, in cru- 
stam rugoso-plicatam gyrosamque, caespitosam, pulvinatam, in- 
testiniformera, confertus. 
Obs. Differt hoc genus a Bueliiis, sicut ihilioidlma a Lecldtis . 
6) Corinothecium Dubeoii. 
Syn. Lecidea Dubenii Fries Sum. Veg. Scand. pag. U4( Fi- 
de Krempel ! ) Lecidea Bayerrhofferi Schaer Enurn. pro 
parte, non autem Lich, heiv. n. 622 ! 
VI: SPOR ASTATU NOV. GEN. 
Apothecia catothalama s. ex hypothailo oriunda, primum 
punctiformia, dein patellaria plana, tandem irregularia, plicato- 
rugosa, angulata, centro papillata v. punctulato-urceolata, exci- 
pulo composito ( fere duplici ), exterius e substantia carboniosa 
atra undique discum obvestiens , interius albesceris e substan- 
tia thallo idea in propriam mutata, praedita. Lamina proligera 
hypotheeio agonimico imposita licheninaque instructa. Asci ven- 
trieosi creberrimi polyspori, paraphysibus mucilaginosis tenui- 
bus granulosis, obvallati; sporidia minutissima ovoideo-elliptica 
diaphana, liomogenea, trementia. 
Thallus subfoliaceus , centro areolatus, ambitu effiguratus 
lacinulatus, hypothailo spongioso evanescente, praeditus. 
Obs. Rationem hujus generis probabunt ii omnes, qui hunc Lichenem diligeu* 
ter in examen adduxerint. 
7) Sporastatia testudinea. 
Synon. Lecidea morio, testudinea Sch. sp. 133 exs. 227 - 
Biato/ella et Acarospora testudinea Massal. Ricerch. pag. 
13 tig. 258 — - Mem. pag. 130. 
