166 Actu Societatis pro Fauiiii et Flura fennica, All. 



luberculoba proliierave. iinmarginata, inlcrduni nilidiuscula. Hy- 

 menium circ. 0,0 4 o millim. crassum, saepe lotum dilute srnarag- 

 dulum. EjntJieciiim KHO non reagens. Fcrlthecmm caeruleo- 

 smaragdulo- aut olivaceo-fuligineum, tenue. Farapliyses parcae, 

 ramoso-connexae, ad latera liymenii evolutae. Asci clavati, circ. 

 0,010 0,014 millim. crassi, apicc mcmbrana incrassata. Siwrae 

 8:nae, apicibus obtusis aut rotundatis. 



7. Melaspilea. 



Nyl., Proclr. Lich. Gall. et Alg. (1857) p. 170, Lich. Scand. (1861) p. 

 196; Th. Fr., Gen. Heterolich. (1861) p. 98; Tuck., Gen. Lich. (1872) p. 196; 

 Almqu., Mon. Arth. Scand. (1880) p. 8; Milll. Arg., Graph. Feean. (1887) p. 4 

 et 19, Lich. Parag. (1888) p. 20; Hue, Addend. (1888) p. 262; Rehm in lla- 

 henh. Krypt.-FI. (1890) p. 300, 362 (excl. speciebus ad fungos pertinentibus). 

 Melanographa Mull. Arg., Lich. Beitr. (Fl. 1882) n. 535, Graph. Feean. (1887) 

 p. 19. Micrographa Milll. Arg., Lich. Beitr. (Fl. 1890) n. 1541. 



Thallus crustaceus, uniformis, epipliloeodes aut hypophloeo- 

 des, hypothallo aut hyphis medullaribus substrato affixus, rhizi- 

 nis et strato corticali destitutus. Stratum medullare stuppeum, 

 hyphis complexis, tenuibus, Icptodermaticis. Gonidia vulgo chroo- 

 lepoidea, cellulis minutis, anguloso-globosis aut cllipsoideis aut 

 parcius etiam oblongis, primum concatcnatis , filamenta saepe 

 parce ramosa formantibus, demum saepe pro parte etiam liberis, 

 membrana vulgo sat tenui instructis, aut rarius phycopeltidea, serie- 

 bus cellularum dichotomis, e centro radiantibus et in discum coadu- 

 natis (in sect. Micrographa Mull. Arg.). A^jothecia thallo substra- 

 tove innata, immersa permancntia aut vulgo demum emergentia 

 adpressavc, rotundata aut elongata, disco aperto aut rimacformi, 

 vulgo distincte marginato. Ferithecium tcnue aut sat bene cvo- 

 lutmn, integrum aut dimidiatum (vel lateralc basique deficiens) 

 obseuratum, ex hyphis tenuibus sat leptodcrmaticis conglutinatis 

 formatum, amphithccio nuUo obductum, labiis apcrtis aut conni- 

 vcntibus. Paraj^hyses parce cvolutae aut numerosac, ncque ra- 

 mosae, nec conncxac. Asci angustc clavati aut rarius oblongi, 

 leptodermatici aut rarius apicc pachydcrmatici. Sporae 8:nae, 

 ovoideac aut cllipsoidcae oblongacve aut fusiformi-oblongae, bi- 

 locularcs aut rarius pluriseptatac, loculis subcylindricis aut irre- 

 gularibus (haud lenticularibus), dccolores aut vulgo demum ob- 



