Apothecia immersed; spores fusiform,
1-septate 1. *Pyrenocollema Reinke.
Apothecia superficial.
Thallus without a cortex.
Spores simple, globose or ellipsoid.
Thallus crustaceous 2. *Leprocollema Wain.
Thallus largely squamulose-fruticose.
Apothecia lecideine
(dark-coloured) 3. *Leciophysma Th. Fr.
Apothecia lecanorine 4. Physma Massal.
Spores variously septate or muriform.
Apothecia biatorine
(light-coloured) 5. *Homothecium Mont.
Apothecia lecanorine 6. Collema Wigg.
Thallus with cortex of plectenchyma.
Spores simple.
Spores globose 7. Lemmopsis A. Zahlbr.
Spores ellipsoid, with thick
subverrucose wall 8. *Dichodium Nyl.
Spores vermiform, spirally curved 9. *Koerberia Massal.
Spores variously septate or muriform.
Apothecia biatorine
(light-coloured) 10. *Arctomia Th. Fr.
Apothecia lecanorine 11. Leptogium S. F. Gray.
XL. _HEPPIACEAE_
A family belonging to the “blue-green” series as it is associated with
a gelatinous alga, _Scytonema_, but is of almost entirely cellular
structure and is non-gelatinous. The thallus is squamulose or minutely
foliose, or is formed of narrow almost fruticose lobes; the apothecia are
semi-immersed; the asci are 4-many-spored.
_Heppia_ is a wide-spread genus both in northern and tropical regions
with about forty species that live on soil or rock. So far, no
representative has been recorded in our Islands.
Spores simple, colourless, globose or
ellipsoid 1. *Heppia Naeg.
Spores muriform, colourless, ellipsoid 2. *Amphidium[1054] Nyl.
XLI. _PANNARIACEAE_
The members of this family are also non-gelatinous, though for the
most part associated with blue-green gelatinous algae, _Nostoc_ or
_Scytonema_. The gonidia are bright-green in the genera _Psoroma_ and
_Psoromaria_, the former often included under _Lecanora_, but too closely
resembling _Pannaria_ to be dissociated from that genus.
The thallus varies from being crustaceous to squamulose or foliose, and
has a cortex of plectenchyma on the upper and sometimes also on the lower
surface. The apothecia are superficial or lateral and with or without a
thalline margin (lecanorine or biatorine), the spores are colourless.
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