Apothecia orbiculata, scutelliformia, marginalia, a thallo marginata.
Discus primitus connivens; strato medullari floccoso impositus. -
Thallus subtus et margine nudus, primitas erectus inde stuppeus,
uniformis, saepe inanis. Discus coloratus. _Fries Lichenogr. europ.
p. 69._
4. EVERNIA MELAXANTHA, thallo erecto ramosissimo rubro-croceo
scabro-fibrilloso, ramulis ultimis apice nigris, scutellis
orbiculatis planis supra nigris, subtus aurantiacis, margine nudis.
Lichen aurantiaco-ater _Jacq. Miscell. Il._ 369. _t._ 11. _f._ 2:
Usnea melaxantha _Achar. Lichenogr. p._ 415.
Parmelia melaxantha _Spreng. syst. IV._ 277.