Series A. Apothecia variously colored, not black. 
* Spores 2, rarely 3 locular, 
f Apoth. lighter colored. 
1. A. earneorufa, Willey. Thallus very thin, white, effuse. 
Apoth. reddish flesh-colored, numerous, small, rounded, convex. 
Spores ovoid, 2 locular, .008-10 by .004-5 nim. Reaction with 
iodine blue.— Suppl. p. 52.—On dead wood, Washington Territory. 
Suksdorf, 1884. 
2. A. i near 11 at a, (Th. Fr.) Kullh. Thallus inconspicuous. 
Apoth. reddish, darkening with age, numerous, rounded, convex, 
now confluent, within pale. Spores solaeform, 3 locular, .012-17 by 
005-7 mm., the upper cell larger. Reaction vinous red.— Almq. p. 
18.—On dead wood and Abies, Scandinavia, and on the same sub¬ 
strates, White Mts. in hb. Willey. 
3. A. helvola, Nyl. Thallus thin, greenish or fuscescent. 
Apoth. from yellowish becoming brownish red, minute, rounded, 
convex, now confluent. Spores solaeform, 2-3 locular, .008-12 by 
.004-5 mm - Reaction vinous red; with potash deep violet.— Flora 
1867, p. 330. Almq.p. 17. A. lurida v. helvola Nyl. Arth., p. 
92. Pr. Gall., p. 165. Fxs. Lojka L. U ., 11. 194, Norrl ., n. 224. 
—On bark and dead wood*, Europe. Not unlikely to be found in 
this country. 
4. A. alboriiiella, Nyl- Thallus thin, white. Apoth. red, very- 
minute, rounded, innate, somewhat aggregated. Spores ovoid, 3 
locular, .014-16 by .006-7 mm. Reaction blue, then vinous red.— 
Pr. A r . Gr., p. 101.—Cuba. Wright exs., n. 188. 
5. A. cinnabarinula, Mull. Arg. Thallus thin, greenish. 
Apoth. crimson, stellate-ramose, plane, the 2-5 branches obtuse. 
Spores ovoid, 2 locular, .006-8 by .002-25 mm -— Beitr., 11. 307.— 
On leaves, Brazil. 
6. A.jpulcherrinia, MU 11 . Arg. Thallus thin, white, powdery. 
Apoth. crimson, rounded, angulate or sublobate, plane, thin. Spores 
ovoid, 2 locular, .008-10 by .004 mm.— Beitr., n. 1053. Portorico, 
West Indies. 
