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ad Kilpisjarvi (Norrl. I.e.). Lin.: In reg. pinifera ad lacum 

 Inarijarvi, in reg. subalp. montium Hammastunturit et in 

 reg. betulina ad Kongas prope Mare Glaciale (Vain. Adj. 

 Lich. Lapp. I p. 113). LIm.: In pineto ad Tuillusht prope 

 lac. Umpjawr (A. 0. Kairamo). LTul.: Ad Kuolla (N. I. Fellman, 

 mus. Fenn.). 



Thallus primarius squamis circ. 5—2 mm longis latisque, 

 0.11 — 0.20 mm crassis, vulgo usque ad medium laciniatis, laciniis 

 crenatis, circ. 1.5—0.5 mm latis. Podetia long. circ. 15 — 80 

 ( — 150) mm, crass, vulgo circ. 0.7—2 mm, pluries dichotome 

 aut minus saepe sympodialiter ramosa aut irregulariter sub- 

 corymbosa, axillas versus sensim incrassata aut axillis dilatatis, 

 perviis vel fissis (in var. paradoxa diaphragmate clausis), apicibus 

 sensim attenuatis aut obtusiusculis, corticata, cortice continuo aut 

 disperso, aut partim decorticata, parietibus circ. O.iio — O.sio mm 

 crassis, hydrate kalico non reagentia vel demum olivaceo-flave- 

 scentia aut sordide fuscescentia, aut primo dilute lutescentia, 

 sec. Zopf Beitr. Chem. Mon. Clad. (1908) p. 88 et 89 acidum 

 fumarprotocetraricum (1.5 °/o) et paulum acidum atranoricum 

 continentia. Stratum corticale et str. meduUare exterius podetio- 

 rum bene evoluta. Stratum chondroideum circ. O.os — 0.2 mm 

 crassum, pellucidum, membranis hypharum conglutinatis, baud 

 distincte limitatis. Apothecia lat. circ. 0.5—1 (— l.s) mm, in 

 apicibus ramorum subcorymbose aut irregulariter subradiatim 

 cymoseve dispositorum parce aggregata aut subsolitaria, fere 

 mox immarginata convexaque, peltata, ambitu deflexo, fusca aut 

 testacea aut raro pallida. Sporae fusiformes oblongaeve aut 

 ovoideae, long. 0.oo9 — O.ois, crass. O.0035— O.0025 mm. Conidangia 

 circ. 0.180 — 0.370 mm crassa, vulgo ovoidea aut ampuUacea, rarius 

 dolioliformia, basi vulgo bene constricta, raro cylindrica et basi 

 baud constricta (defl. subrangiformis e Tiirismaa, hb. Vain. n. 451), 

 fusca aut nigricantia. Conidia subcylindrica, vulgo leviter curvata, 

 long. 0.005 — 0.006 ( — O.oos), crass, circ. O.ooi mm. 



Var. racemosa (Hoffm.) Floerk. 



Clad. Comm. (1828) p. 152; Vain. 1. c. I p. 323, 326, III p. 239. 

 CI. racemosa Hoffm. Deutschl. Fl. II (1796) p. 114. 



Podetia tota aut majore parte albida vel glaucescentia, esore- 

 diata, squamis squamulisque destituta, laevigata, cortice vulgo sub- 

 continuo. 



Distr. Est variatio frequentior hujus special, praesertim locis 

 subumbrosis proveniens. 



