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B.il.S.2. ANTSRCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION<br />
Spores 3.5-5p in diameter ; asci 23-31 6-9p<br />
Cortex 12p thick; apotliecia 0.25-0-3 mm. in diameter; hypothecium 20p<br />
thick ; ascospores 6-6 - 5 X 3 .55~ . . . . L. Painei<br />
Cortex 20p thick; apothecia 0.4-0.7 mm. in diameter; hypothecium 150-<br />
180p thick; ascospores about 8 X 4p . . . . L. MacLenni<br />
Hypothecium hyaline<br />
Spores 10-12p long<br />
Spores 3-5p in diameter; asci (20-) 32-40 X 12.5-16p; thecium 60-70p tall;<br />
epithecium K green. . . . . . . . . . , L. Wadei<br />
Spores 5-8. 5p in diameter<br />
Paraphyses 1-0-1.5p in diameter, not capitate; epithecium K-; asci 30-<br />
44 X 14-16 (-2O)p . . . . . . . . L. Byrdii<br />
0<br />
Paraphyses 0.75-l.Op, capitate; epithecium K green; asci (41-) 48-62<br />
( -70) X 15-18p . . . . . . . . . . L. Siplei<br />
Paraphyses 34p, not capitate . . . . . . L. eburnea<br />
Spores 7-llp long<br />
Spores 5-6p in diameter; epithecium K-; thecium 55-60p tall<br />
Apothccia 0.3-0.5 mm. in diameter; spores 8-lop long L. rupicida<br />
Apothecia 0-675 mm. in diameter; spores 10-llp long L. Byrdii<br />
Spores 3-5p in diameter; epithecium K green<br />
Thecium 35p tall; apothecia 0.2 mm. in diameter; parnphyses with clavate<br />
tips; hypothecium 20p thick; parathecium not clearly differentiated<br />
L. Harrissoni<br />
Thecium 50-60 (-70)p tall; apothecia 0-2-0.25 mm. in diameter; paraphyses<br />
not capitate; hypothecium 30p thick; parathecium 40p<br />
L. capsulata<br />
Thecium 70p; apothecia 0 -6 mm. in diameter; paraphyses capitate, heads<br />
4-5p; hypothecium 3 0 thick; ~ parathecium not differentiated<br />
L. Stanclifl<br />
LECIDEA LASERONI Dodge, sp. nov.<br />
Type: King George V Land, Madigan Nunatak, 30 miles east of Winter Quarters, C. F.<br />
Laseron, A.A.E. 41-1.<br />
Areolae parvae, elevatae, 1 mm. altitudine , obscure olivaceo-alutaceae ; strato amorpho circiter<br />
1 8 crassitudine; ~<br />
cortex circiter 20p crassitudine, pseudoparenchymate fusco; stratum<br />
algarum 45-50p crassitudine, protococcoideum, coloniis discretis compactum, cellulis 7-8p<br />
diametro; medulla hyphis tenuibus laxe contexta, 2p diametro. Apothecia conferta in apicibus<br />
areolarum, basi constricta, nigra, nitida, 0.5 mm. diametro, excipulo prominente, disco plano ;<br />
parathecium carbonaceum, 150p crassitudine. cellulis isodiametricis, pachydermeis, fuscis, 4p<br />
diametro ; hypothecium inconspicuum, circiter 20p crassitudine, hyphis tenuibus, vertiealibus ;<br />
thecium 25-30p altitudine ; paraphyses tenues, apicibus clavatis, nigria, 2.5p diametro; asci late<br />
clavati, 26 X 10-12p ; ascosporae unicellulares, hyalinae, longe ellipsoideae, vaginatae, 7-8 X 2.5-<br />
3t.4 (vagina inclusa) .<br />
Thallus mostly between and below quartz crystals, on the surface of the rock, largely confined<br />
to small, elevated areoles about 1 mm. tall, bearing several crowded apotheeia at their tips, dark<br />
olive buff or darker ; outer amorphous layer about 18p thick, cortex about 20p thick, of dark brown<br />
pseudoparenchyma; algal layer 45-SOp thick, of compact, discrete colonies of Protococc~~s, cells<br />
7-8p in diameter; medulla of slender, loosely woven hyphae about 2p in diameter.