Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 53, N:o 1. 41 



Podetia elongata, scyphifera, squamis destituta aut demum parce 

 squamosa. Apothecia coccinea. 



Distr. In Fennia haud collecta. Ad Storlien in Norvegia (J. P. 

 Norrlin). Specimen ad Hammerfest a Cap. Ross collectum, a Nyl. 

 commemoratum, hue non pertinet, squamis minutis numerosis in- 

 structum. 



Var. diminuta Vain. 



1. c. I p. 209, III p. 230. 



Thallus primarius persistens aut demum evanescens, squamis 

 mediocribus aut parvis. Podetia brevia aut brevissima, simplicia. 

 Apothecia coccinea. 



Distr. Inter inuscos locco sicco in rupe ad Hiidenportti in par. 

 Nurmes in Kb. (Vain.). Kurensalo in par. Puumala in Sa. (E. Ny- 

 lander). 



Podetia sparsa, long. 2—8, crass. 0.5—1 mm, apotheciis terminata, 

 ascypha aut raro minute scyphifera, squamis destituta aut squamosa, 

 cortice disperso aut decorticata. 



Var. praefoliosa Nyl. 



in Kihlm. (Kairamo) Neue Beitr. Flecht. Kola (1891) p. 46; Vain. 

 1. c. II p. 445, III p. 230. 



Thallus primarius squamis elongatis. 



Distr. Ad terram humosam in silva mixta ad Lovosersk in LTul. 

 (A. O. Kairamo). 



Thallus primarius squamis — 25 mm longis, adscendentibus, cae- 

 spitem formantibus, sorediis destitutis, ad ambitum sat angustis, p. p. 

 inferne sparse areolato-corticatis. Podetia haud evoluta. 



Var. ramulosa Vain. 



1. c. I p. 210, III p. 230. 



Podetia brevia, ascypha, ramosa. Apothecia coccinea. 



Distr. Ad fragnienta putrida plantarum in campo sicco aprico in 

 insula Mjolo prope Helsingforsiam (Vain.). 



Habitu subsimilis est CI. cristatellae Tuck. Thallus primarius 

 squamis sat parvis, demum evanescens. Podetia long. 10 — 20, crass. 

 0.7—2 mm, apotheciis terminata aut sterilia, apicibus sat obtusis, irre- 

 gularia, flexuosa vel curvata, erecta vel decumbentia, apice vel apicem 

 versus irregulariter ramosa, ramis radiatis vel fasciculatis aut dicho- 

 tomis, vulgo divaricatis, brevibus vel sat brevibus, corticata, squamis 

 destituta aut parce squamosa. Apothecia coccinea. 



' Var. ochropallida Flot. 



Fl. 1836 Beibl. p. 56; Vain. 1. c. I p. 211, III p. 230. 



