122 E. A. Vainio, Lecideales. 



Podetia brevia, ascypha (aut raro anguste scyphifera), 

 vulgo simplicia, vulgo sterilia, sorediosa, decorticata, sul- 

 furea aut straminea. 



Distr. Ad truncos putridos in pinetis aliisque silvis 

 et locis apricis, in saepimentis vetustis, supra muscos ad 

 saxa et rupes crescit, in territorio nostro usque ad Ostro- 

 botniam Kajanensem sat frequenter aut passim proveniens, 

 et septentrionem versus rarior. Kuus.: In reg. abietina 

 mentis Narankavaara et in reg. coniferarum mixtarum ad 

 Paanajarvi (Vain. Adj. Lich. Lapp. I p. 103) et Kitkajoki 

 {F. Silen). Ob.: Simo (V. Rasanen). KKer.: Ruanjarvi et 

 Knjasa-guba (N. I. Fellman). LKem.: In reg. coniferarum 

 prope Pyhatunturi (Vain.), ad Templum in Kittila (G. Lang), 

 Ounastunturi (Norrl. Ber. Torn. Lappm. p. 320). LEnont.: 

 In reg. silvatica pluribus locis usque ad Hetta et Kilpisjarvi 

 (Norrl. 1. c). Lin.: In reg. pinifera prope lac. Inarijarvi 

 (Vain. 1. c.) et ad Tsitsanjarga ad Paatsjoki (A. W. Granit 

 et B. R. Poppius). 



Thallus primarius squamis subtus vulgo crebre farinoso- 

 sorediosis. Podetia long. 3 — 15 ( — 25), crass. 0.2—2 mm, apici- 

 bus sterilibus subulatis aut obtusis, squamis destituta, KHO dilute 

 lutescentia aut partibus esorediosis etiam non reagentibus, addito 

 CaCl202 distincte lutescentia, apicibus baud diu accrescentibus, 

 partibus emorientibus saepe livido-fuscescentibus aut caeruleo- 

 nigricantibus, parietibus circ. O.ieo — O.oso mm crassis, strato 

 chondroideo circ. O.ieo — O.025 mm crasso, distincte limitato. 

 Apothecia lat. 1 — -O.5 mm, subpeltata, vulgo mox immarginata, 

 convexa aut depresso-convexiuscula, pallida aut carneo- vel livido- 

 pallescentia aut livido-testacea, epruinosa. Sporae oblongae aut 

 fusiformi-oblongae, long. O.009 — O.012, crass. O.0025 — O.004 mm. 

 Conidangia ovoidea aut dolioliformia aut subcylindrica, crass. 

 0.110 — 0.180 mm, basi leviter aut non constricta, fusconigra aut 

 fuscescentia, basin versus pallidiora. Conidia cylindrico-fusiformia 

 aut parcius fere cylindrica, leviter curvata, long. O.ooe — O.005, crass. 

 0.0005 mm. 



Obs. F. scyphifera Norrl. (in Norrl. et Nyl. Herb. Lich. Fenn. 

 cent., 1921, n. 712), podetiis scyphiferis, scyphis abortivis aut distincte 

 evolutis, irregularibus, circ. 1 — 2 mm latis, diaphragmate integro clausis, 

 margine dentatis aut integris aut breviter radiatis, radiis subulatis cor- 

 nutisve (videas Vain. 1. c. 11 p. 429). In eodem caespite aut una cum 



