LICHENS AND LICHEN. PARASITES

DODGE-LICHENS AND LICHEN PARASITES
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(:;I I'~IIIII~I(~I!~I~~~. 200~ crassitudine, 160~ altitudine, non sub hyl~otheci~ pelletrans; hypotllrc!illlll
!)()/,, (.l.;l.ssiil ~:tlill(', lelltiforme, brunneum hyphis laxe contextum; thecium 160P altitu-
(!ill(> : I.;, ,lly~c3~ I (11 I I 11's fl(.s llosae, ramosae anastomosantesque, apicibus inoniliformibus, obscure
l)l.llllll(~is; ;l~(,i l~ylill(l~.ic*i, 120-130 X 35~; aSCoSP0rae octonac, monostichae, late ellipsoideae vagina
allglls~;l,, 25 x .jll~1'111 II~(!, shbfusiformes, 47-51 X 17-18p, din hyalillae dcin brallneaa, celluliR
irrcgll~;~l~i~(~l~ ~lis~)osil is.
r~lll;ll 111s I llil.k, \vllilch, l'ilnose a~eolate, margin zonate, determinate, cracking radially and
RsSlllllillg ;IIIII(,SI I 111, iIl)l)(';ll'ill1(:c of the cnneatc lobes of COCCOCUY~~~ cfimk, lying on a narrow
rc,l..,. t,llirl I~.,.O,II ll;tll~~s : sorllc! of the central areoles soraliate, up to 0.5 mm. in diametcl-, leaving
\\-llitla. ;ll,,,~ Il~.c.iiI'trr.~ll I.III)S \vh"11 the soredia haye disappeared; soredia dense colonies of PycjiorO(.rI,S,
illlOll( 2olr ill (li;~lll('l(~l', snr?nllnde(i by a tightly woven, somewhat gelified mass of hyphae
Al,olll, 1 ltil.li. . I\ INII III.I*~;I il~natc, disc black, abont 0.1-0-2 mm. in diameter; paratheciurn car-
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~)o,lil.c.lholls. 2001r I l ~ i c a l i ill. I mal'gin, about 160p tall, not penetrating beneath the thecium;
llr.l)l)l.lll~l*illl~~ SO !)Olb I I~i('li ;It t,he centre, lentiform, -brown, of loosely woven hyphae, becoming
nlolb(- I)l~l.it.lil~i~l 111.sl. I It(! I ll(:(:iflm ; thecium 1GOp tall; paraphyses slender, flexuous, branched and
all;lstolllosil~g. I.I.~,I~;I~I*(~~.Y Ill.rlnched Just above the aci, tips moniliform, dark, brown, ending in
the (bl)il ll(-c.i;tl g1.1 ; ;tsr.i (..~lil1(lric, 125-130 X 35p, %spored ; ascospores monostichous, broad ellip-
.~oi(];ll \\.it 11 ;I II;II.I.O\\* ~l~c'iltll, 2s X 1% when young, becoming nearly fusiform, 47-51 x 17-18p,
l~(~lll;lillillg J1yilli111~ ;I loll:: 1 illl~, finally brownish, cells wholly irreg~~lar in arrangement.
( : l*l)\vi lIg \vi I 11 li11 ;~oI*II~~o?~ ?trceolintint and Btielli~ trist~i~tisc~ila.
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