Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 53, N:o 1. 161 



crassae. Sporae bacillares aut rarius altero apice leviter attenuate, 

 rectae aut leviter curvatae, 3-septatae aut (in specimine e Pohjola) 

 6-septatae, long. O.020— O.032, crass. O.0015— O.oos mm. — In specimine 

 prope Pohjola lecto, „L. bacillifera" a Nyl. determinato (Vain. Fl. Tav. 

 Orient, p. 114), apothecia vulgo sunt acervulato-prolifera. 



Var. brachytera (Th. Fr.) Vain. Adj. Lich. Lapp. II (1883) p. 18. 

 Bacidia atrosanguinea a. corticola i. brachytera Th. Fr. Lich. Scand. 11 

 (1874) p. 356. 



Thallus tenuis, obscure vel fuscocinereo-glaucescens, verrucu- 

 losus, aut evanescens. Apothecia disco nigro. Hypothecium rubricoso- 

 fuscescens. Hymenium superius aeruginosum. Perithecium obscure 

 subviolascens. Sporae breviores. 



Distr. In rupe talcaceo-schistosa. Kuus.: Sirkela (Vain.). 

 Thallus dispersus vel evanescens. Apothecia primum plana, 

 tenuissime marginata, dein convexa immarginataque, simplicia aut 

 tuberculata, O.e — 1 mm lata. Hymenium circ. O.oeo— O.070 mm crassum. 

 Hypothecium totum coloratum. Perithecium obscure violascens. Sporae 

 bacillares oblongaeve, raro fusiformes, apicibus obtusis, septis trans- 

 versis 3 aut raro 4 — 5, long. O.012-O.023, rarius — O.029, crass. O.003 

 (_0.oo5) mm. — Thallo minute verruculoso et sporis interdum pluri- 

 septatis a Toninia aromatica (Turn.) differt, at notis internis ceterum 

 ei similis est. 



Var. incrustata Vain. L. atrosanguinea v. brachytera f. incrustato 

 Vain. 1. c. p. 19. 



Thallus sat crassus, verruculosus. Apothecia disco nigro. Hypo- 

 thecium rubricoso-fuscescens. Hymenium superius aeruginosum. Peri- 

 thecium partim subfuscescens. Sporae breviores. 



Distr. In rupibus calcariis et chloritico-schistosis. KOn.: Mund- 

 jarvi et Valkeamiiki et Schungu (J. P. Norrlin). OKaj.: Saarenmylly in 

 Kianta (Vain.). Kuus.: Sirkela (Vain.). 



Thallus verruculoso-rugosus, diffractus, cinereo- aut olivaceo- 

 fuscescens aut sordide albido-glaucescens. Apothecia demum convexa 

 immarginataque, O.s— 1 mm lata. Hymenium O.oeo — O.050 mm crassum. 

 Hypothecium superius rubricoso-fuscescens, inferius dilutius coloratum. 

 Paraphyses sat arete cohaerentes, apice clavatae, clava O.002— O.003 mm 

 crassa. Perithecium subfuscescens et inferne dilutius coloratum aut 

 in margine partim sordide aeruginosum vel subnigricans, KHO non 

 reagens, subchondroideum, hyphis radiantibus, cavitatibus oblongis, 

 0.0015 mm latis, membranis leviter incrassatis. Sporae bacillares aut 

 rarius altero apice attenuate, septis 3 aut raro 4, long. O.013— O.022, raro 

 — 0.026, crass. O.002— O.003 mm. — Proxima est var. oribatae (Nyl.) Vain. 

 (L. oribata Nyl. Fl. 1874 p. 16), quae sporis majoribus, „long. O.023— 0.040, 

 crass. 0.003—0.004 mm, 3— 5-septatis" ab hac varietate secundum specim. 



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