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Type: Kerguelen, Observatory Bay, A. E. Eaton (Venus Transit Exp.).<br />
Thallus ashy, rimose areolate, thin, R-; ecor ticate; algae protococcoicl, hypl~ae very slelltler,<br />
densely woven, including crystals of roclrs. Apothecia about 0.1 mm. in diameter, crowded,<br />
angular, coalescent ; parathecium carbonaceous, 30-35p thiclr, extending about 75p under the<br />
hypothecium, then narrowing to about 20p and extending inward and downward as fuliginous<br />
periclinal hyphae about 2p in diameter and disappearing in the medulla; hypothecium of slightly<br />
brownish subvertical loosely woven hyphae, becoming hyaline and periclinal in a compact layer<br />
abont 8p thick below the thecium; thecium about 58p tall; parapliyscs flexuous, slciicler, iiot ~ulnieroils,<br />
bralichii~g t~vice or thrice in the upper portioii, ultimate braliches terniiiiati~ig in a cla~atc,<br />
bl~ish~black cell which cuts off a spherical black cell; asci broadly clavate, 3540 X 9-12p, tip<br />
thickened, protoplast truncate, umbonate at first, 8-spored ; ascospores distichous, ellipsoidal,<br />
10-15 X 4-6,u, nucleus central with dense strands of protoplasm, giving the spore a %celled<br />
appearance, so that this species might be mistaken for n Catillr1,rk without careful examination.<br />
On rocks with Rhizocarpcm. kerguelense R. Mawsoni. Aspicilia. d:sjwnguenda, A. endochlara,<br />
Lecanora atrocaesiu, Blmtenia Aziberti and Buellia subplicata; also on old timber of Transit Venus<br />
Expedition hut, where the thallus is mostly inside the weathered wool cells, showing oiily as<br />
whitish patches.<br />
Kergnelen: Observatory Bay, Sta. 56 B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. B192-26, B195-1; Murray Island,<br />
B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. B2104 ; Royal Sound, R90-S.<br />
Heard Island : between Atlas Cove and Corinthian Bay, B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. B140-24.<br />
LFXIDEA URBANSKYANA Zahlbr.<br />
Lecdm Urbanskyam Zahlbr., Deutsche Sudpolar Exp., 8, 38; 1906.<br />
Type: Kerguelen, plateau of Stationberg, strand of Penguin Bay and valley between Station<br />
aiid Mittelberg, Werth (Deutsche Siidpolar Exp.).<br />
Thallus up to 100p thick, subareolate rimulose, leaden ashy (often stained by iron), I
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