L I C H E N carneo-luteus,
Pale Crackrshieldecl Lichen.
Cli YPTOGAMJA Alga;.
Gen. Char. Male, scattered warts.
Female, smooth shields or tubercles, in ryhich the
seeds are imbeddet|.
Spec. Char. Crust membranous, extremely thin, indeterminate,
white, smooth. Shields depressed,
minute, flattish, flesh-coloured; when young coyered
by their white margin, which cracks in the centre.
Syn. Parmelia carneo-Iutea. Turn. Tr. o f L. Soc. v- 9.
145. t. 12. f . 2.
COMMUNICATED by Mr. Borrer from the trunks of elms
in Sussex and the Isle of Wight. The crust forms white
smooth indeterminate patches, and cannot be separated from
the bark. The shields are numerous, minute, sunk or depressed,
remarkable for being each covered and concealed
when young by its own white border, which afterwards
cracks in the centre, in an irregular somewhat star-like
manner, and finally becomes almost obliterated. The disk
when fully formed is flattish or slightly convex, of a pale
yellowish flesh-colour, usually surrounded by some uneven
remains of the border.
2010
A p r il l iSop Fub&rhd by J a f Sowerby London,