76 £. A. Vainio, Lecideales. 



179, Vain. Fl. Tav. Or. p. 95), ceterum toto territorio passim 

 aut sat frequenter. 



Thallus primarius persistens aut demum evanescens, squa- 

 mis long. 25 — 5, 0.3 — 0.2 mm crassis, laciniis 2 — 5 (1 — 7) mm 

 latis, KHO superne et subtus lutescentibus. Podetia e superficie 

 thalli primarii enata, apice baud diu aut sat diu accrescentia et 

 basi simul demum emorientia aut persistentia, long. circ. 20 — 70 

 ( — 120), crass. 2 — 3 (1 — 5) mm, turbinato-turgescentia aut sub- 

 cylindrica, ascypha aut scyphis parum dilatatis, diaphragmate 

 cribroso aut perforate clausis, parum excavatis, margine radiato- 

 proliferis, apicibus ascyphis obtusisque et breviter radiatis fur- 

 catisque aut anguste scyphiferis, axillis p. p. clausis, p. p. per- 

 foratis, vix umquam hiantibus, cortice subcontinuo aut demum 

 subdisperso areolatove, squamis destituta aut interdum squamosa, 

 albido-glaucescentia subalbidave, partibus decorticatis albis, apici- 

 bus interdum cinereo- aut olivaceo-fuscescentibus, hydrate kalico 

 lutescentia, parietibus 0.3oo — O.uo mm crassis. Stratum chondroi- 

 deum podetiorum O.uo — O.020 mm crassum, passim hyphis discre- 

 tis et strato medullari exteriori immixtum. Apothecia lat. O.5 — 2 

 mm, in apicibus ramorum ramulorumque subcymose radiatimve 

 dispositorum aggregata aut radiatim brevissimeque stipitata, primo 

 tenuiter marginata planaque, deinde convexa et immarginata, 

 peltata, saepe demum perforata aut reniformi-lobata, fusca aut 

 testacea. Sporae oblongae aut rarius fusiformi- aut ovoideo- 

 oblongae, long. O.oos — O.ois, crass. O.0025--O.0035 mm. Conidangia 

 crass. 0.230 — O.300 mm, ovoidea aut ovoideo-conoidea aut dolioli- 

 formia aut breviter cylindrica, basi distincte aut non constricta^ 

 fusconigra fuscave. 



Obs. F. corniculata Sommerf. (PI. Crypt. Norv., 1826, n. 73, 

 Vain. 1. c. I p. 499), podetiis ascyphis. — F. scyphifera Vain. (1. c. Ill p. 

 Ill, 245), podetiis p. p. scyphiferis. Minus frequenter, quam f. corni- 

 culata. — F. squatnulosa (Rabenh.) Theobald (Flecht. Wetterau, 1858, 

 p. 326, Vain. 1. c. I p. 499, CI furcata A. turgida c. squatnulosa Rabenh. 

 Deutschl. Krypt.-Fl. II, 1845, p. 103), podetiis aliquantum squamosis, 

 rare proveniens. Hae formae in eodem caespite observantur. 



;'. Clausae Vain. 



Thallus primarius bene evolutus, persistens aut demum 

 evanescens, squamis comparate latius partitis aut latius 

 crenatis lobatisve, vulgo crassiusculis. Podetia ascypha aut 

 scyphis diaphragmate clausis instructa, axillis clausis. Apo- 

 thecia majora mediocriave aut rarius parva, usque ad 



