Lecidea

Alps. On the summit of Bhomtso, 18,590 feet, the only plants were the lichens _Lecidea miniata_ (or _Parmalia miniata) _ mentioned above, and borrera.

The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Francis Edward Younghusband 1902

Besides some barren mosses several lichens grow on the top, as _Cladonia vermicularis, _ the yellow _Lecidea geographica_ and the orange _L. miniata.

The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Francis Edward Younghusband 1902

Starting with _Lecidea_, we have a natural series in spore development with intermediate conditions difficult to place.

Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker 1894

Spores of _Lecidea enteroleuca_ to illustrate the simple, hyaline type.

Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker 1894

Through one or more species with larger spores than are usually found in this genus, _Biatorella_ approaches _Lecidea_.

Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker 1894

The series runs thus: _Lecidea_ with simple hyaline spores (Fig. 3);

Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker 1894

Spores one-celled (simple) _Lecidea_, p. Spores more than one-celled (compound).

Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker 1894

A vertical section through an apothecium of _Lecidea rupestris_: a, the hymenium, composed of asci and paraphyses; b, the hypothecium; c, the mycelium, the cells of the algal host, and particles of the limestone on which the plant was growing; d, the weak, light-colored, covered exciple.

Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker 1894

For possible relationship to _Lecidea myriocarpoides_ Nyl.

Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker 1894

The other lichens were _Lecidea atro-alba, oreina, elegans, _ and _chlorophana, _ all alpine European and Arctic species.

Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864