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lascens. Apothecia margine tenui, atro, nudo, persistente aut vulgo 

 demum excluso. 



Distr. Alandia (E. Nylander). N.: Inga (V. Brenner), Helsing- 

 forsia (Vain.)- Kuus.: Kuoppaoja prope Paanajarvi (Vain.). LPon.: 

 Katschkova (N. I. Fellman). 



Thalius sat crassus aut tenuis. Apothecia mediocria aut sat 

 parva, lat. 1— O.s mm, saepe sat crebra, raro (ad Kuoppaoja in Kuusamo) 

 tuberculoso-prolifera, basi bene constricta, infundibuliformia aut ad- 

 pressa, disco piano aut vulgo demum convexo. Hypothecium superne 

 intense subviolaceum aut violaceo-rubricosum, subchondroideo-plecten- 

 parenchymaticum, cellulis in seriebus subhorizontalibus, cavitatibus 

 depressis, membranis modice incrassatis, KHO pulchrius coloratum, 

 inferne dilutius coloratum, chondroideum, hyphis irregulariter con- 

 textis. Perithecium in margine intense subviolascens, inferne dilutius 

 coloratum aut pallidum, chondroideum. Hynienium circ. O.oso mm 

 crassum, jodo vinose rubens et primum dilute aut intense caeru- 

 lescens, aut raro (ad Kuoppaoja in Kuusamo) subpersistenter caeru- 

 lescens. Epithecium subcyanescenti- aut subaeruginoso-nigricans, KHO 

 non reagens. Paraphyses apice leviter incrassatae. Sporae long. 

 0.042—0.030, crass. O.oos— O.002 mm. Hypothallus indistinctus. Gonidia 

 pleurococcoidea, saepe demum glomerulosa. — Var. melanochlora Vain., 

 perithecio aeruginoso-nigricante ab hac variatione differens, in Sibiria 

 arctica lecta est (conf. L. atrosanguinea v. muscorum in Vain. Lich. 

 Exp. Vegae Pitlek. p. 103). 



Var. terrestris (Nyl.) Vain. Lecidea muscorum forma terrestris 

 Nyl. Herb. Mus. Fenn. (1859) p. 89. Bacidia atrosanguinea 7. alpina 

 Th. Fr. Lich. Scand. II (1874) p. 355 (conf. p. 164). Lecidea muscorum 

 var. alpina Nyl. in Norrl. et Nyl. Herb. Lich. Fenn. VII (1882) n. 320. 

 — Exs. Norrl. et Nyl. Herb. Lich, Fenn. IV (1875) n. 188, VII (1882) 

 n. 320. — Malme, Lich. Suec. Exs. XXIV (1916) n. 588. 



Hypothecium superne subviolaceum aut rubricoso-rufescens, 

 inferne pallidum aut subdecoloratum. Perithecium in margine vio- 

 lascens. Apothecia margine tenui, atro, nudo, persistente aut demum 

 excluso. 



Distr. Collecta in Ab., N., Ka., KOI., Ta., Tb. (ad Raianlahti in 

 Korpilahti: Vain.), KOn. (ad Dianovagora: Th. Simming), Ob. (Ulabur- 

 gum: E. Nylander), Kuus. (ad Kitkajoki: F. Silen), Finmarkia (Lyngen: 

 Norrl.), LPon. (Ponoi: N. I. Fellman). 



Thalius sat crassus aut tenuis. Apothecia mediocria aut sat 

 parva, lat. 1.4— O.3 mm, saepe crebra aut sat crebra, basi bene con- 

 stricta, infundibuliformia peltatave aut adpressa, disco piano aut demum 

 convexo. Hypothecium superne subviolaceum, inferne late pallidum 

 aut decoloratum. Perithecium in margine subviolascens, inferne di- 



