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In the series “Stratosae,” the plant is dorsiventral, the tissues forming the thallus being arranged more or less regularly in strata one above the other (Fig. 37). On the upper surface there is a hyphal layer constituting a cortex, either rudimentary or highly elaborated; beneath the cortex is situated the gonidial zone composed of algae and hyphae in close association; and deeper down the medulla, generally a loose tissue of branching hyphae. The lower cortex which abuts on the medulla may be as fully developed as the upper or it may be absent.