hollow. Apothecia entire, disk pale or dark. Asci clavate, 2-8 spored. 
Spores ellipsoid, monoblast, hyaline or colorate. 
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn. 
Alectoria chalybeiformis (L.) S.F.Gray. + + + + 4+ 4+ 
bicolor (Ehrh.) Ny]. Sess 
jubata var. implexa (Hoffm.) Ach. + + + + 
sarmentosa Ach. S5 == 
SECTION: BRYOPOGON (Link) Th. Fr. 
Asci containing 8 hyaline spores. 
Thallus dark (brown) 
Erect or prostrate 
Unicolored : : : : : : : chalybeiformis 
Bicolored 3 : : : 5 i 2 bicolor 
Pendulous . 3 : ; : ; 3 ; v. wmoplexa 
Thallus light 
A. chalybeiformis (L.) 5S. F. Gray 
Thallus caespitose (4cm. alt.), brown or black, branches flexuous, 
terete, wiry, nitidous, spinulose, soraliate. Apothecia unknown. On 
trees and old wood. 
A. jubata var. implexa (Hoffm.) Nyl. 
Thallus pendulous (8 cm. alt.),brown, branches terete, nitidous, fili- 
form throughout. Apothecia unobserved. On trees. 
SECTION: EUALECTORIA 
Asci containing 2-4 colorate spores. 
GENUS: TELOSCHISTES Norm. 
Cortex terete to bifacial, medulla arachnoid, axis loosely arachnoid. 
Apothecia entire or hispid, disk orange. Asci clavate, 8 spored. Spores 
ellipsoid, polari-bilocular, hyaline. 
sarmentosa 
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn. 
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus (L.) Th. Fr. + + 
T. chrysophthalums (L.) Th. Fr. 
Thallus caespitose (2cem. alt.), grayish-yellow, branches subterete or 
bifacial. Apothecia discoid, hispid, disk orange. Spores 11-17 x 6-10 yp. 
On trees. 
Note: Eckfeldt records for A. ochroleuca (Ehrh.) Nyl., and A. lata 
(Tayl.) Hue from Mt. Desert, Me., and Tuckerman’s of A. ochroleuca 
var. cincinnati (Fr.) Nyl. from the White Mountains need verifica- 
tion. Since Part Il of the present paper was published I have found a 
reliable printed record for Thamnolia vermicularis from Vermont and 
Maine. 
