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LICHEN fulgens.
Yellow Ground Lichen.
G en . Char. Male, scattered warts.
Female, smooth shields or tubercles, in which the
seeds are imbedded.
Spec. Char. Crust rounded, lobed and waved, some-
wiiat imbricated, lemon-coloured; whitish when
dry. Shields deep orange, at length convex ; their
border coloured like the crust, obliterated by age
Svn. Lichen fulgens. Ach. Prod. 102. Swartz. Act.
Nov Ups v. 4. 246. Dicks. Crypt, fuse. 4 . 24.
4*. Sicc.fasc. 18. 24.
L. citrinus. ffedw. Crypt, v. 2 . 60. t. 20. f C
L. friabilis. Villars Dauph. v. 3. 979. t. 55.
Parmelia fulgens. Ach. Meih. 192.
Psora citrina. Hoffin. PL Lick. v. 2. 77. t 4 8 . f . 2.
Ada™s ?sq. F. L. 8 is recorded by Mr. Dicksor
tJ‘?COver<fr of thls elegant Lichen on rocks slightly coha
« been fn earf hVnear Stackpole-court,ha. been found in Germany, Switzerland, FPreamncber oakneds hSiwree!d en1
Our specimens were gathered by Mr. Turner and S '
W. Borrer on cliffs by Freshwater bay, Isle of Wight, and at
New Haven, Sussex, in June last. S > d at
The fronds are closely attached to the soil by innumerable
minute radicles, and are of a friable texture, spreading circu
larly, and composed of partly imbricated rounded lobes. The
colour when wet is a beautiful bright lemon hue, which
white^h T a m°St eV6ry part of the frond when d‘T to. a dead
aatt aannyv dKistance of time. S1h?ie lodrsi gianbaol ucto ltohuer icnesnttarnet aonfe oeuasclhy
frond or principal lobe, sessile, round, of a rich deep orange •
t e m.a,rSm ™hen y°ung elevated, smooth, more permanently
yellow than the crust. As the shields grow old and convex
the margin is more or less obliterated. ana convex
is species is most akin to L . lentigerus, t. 871 with
which it commonly grows. ’ w™