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Thallus verrucosus aut verruculosus, verruculis O.s— O.os mm 

 latis, verrucis depressis adnatisque aut adscendentibus et fere 

 squamaeformibus aut subisidioideis, dispersis aut contiguis, inter- 

 dum evanescens, vulgo sordide albidus, saepe subfulvo-pallescens, 

 sat opacus, KHO non reagens, sorediis destitutus, hj'pothallo albo, 

 tenui, crebre contexto, inter verrucas thalli conspicuo continuoque 

 aut indistincto. Apothecia crebra aut sparsa, sessilia, adpressa aut 

 cupulari-elevata, basi bene constricta, lat. 1.7 — O.s, vulgo 1—0.7 mm, 

 crass. 0.340 — 0.285 mm. Perithecium chondroideum, ex hyphis forma- 

 tum radiantibus, sat pachydermaticis, conglutinatis, cavitatibus cel- 

 lularum oblongis, O.oois — O.002 ( — O.ood) mm latis, aut superficiem versus 

 ellipsoideis, pallidum aut inferne decoloratum aut in margine intus 

 fulvescens (et KHO intense fulvescens, in specimine e Valamo), ayt 

 dilute subviolascenti-roseum (KHO parum reagens, in specimine ex 

 Humberitsa) aut partim testaceo-rufescens (KHO non reagens, in 

 specim. e Vihti). Hypothecium superne plectenparenchymaticum, cavi- 

 tatibus cellularum rotundatis, O.002 mm latis, in seriebus verticalibus 

 dispositis, partim etiam depressis et in seriebus horizontalibus dispo- 

 sitis, membranis modice incrassatis, pallidum aut pallido-fulvescens 

 (KHO intense fulvescens, in spec, e Valamo) aut materiam roseam 

 parcissime continens (KHO non reagens, in spec, ex Humberitsa) aut 

 maculatim testaceo-rufescens (his maculis KHO non reagentibus, in 

 spec, e Vihti), inferne chondroideum, ex hyphis irregulariter contextis, 

 sat pachydermaticis, conglutinatis formatum, cavitatibus oblongis, palli- 

 dum aut albidum, jodo baud caerulescens, sed vinose rubens (sicut 

 etiam thallus). Hymenium O.oto — O.120 ( — O.oeo) mm crassum, totum palli- 

 dum (aut epithecio maculatim testaceo-rufescente, KHO non reagente 

 (in spec, e Vihti), jodo persistenter caerulescens (in spec, e Ramsholm, 

 Vihti et Valamo) aut demum obscure vinose rubens (in spec, ex Hum- 

 beritsa). Paraphyses sat laxe (in KHO laxe) cohaerentes, simplices aut 

 partim furcatae, septatae, crass. O.ooi mm, apice parum aut leviter in- 

 crassatae (O.0015 mm). Sporae 8:nae, polystichae, aciculares, altero apice 

 obtuso, altero sensim attenuato, rectae aut subrectae, septis 6—13 (aut 

 pluribus, ut nonnuUi auct. indicant), long. O.osi — O.070, crass. O.002 — O.0035 

 mm, secundum Hepp long. O.023 — O.ob? mm, observante Nyl. long. — O.092, 

 crass. — 0.005 mm. Conidia filiformia, curvata aut undulata secundum 

 Mudd, Mon. Brit. Lich. p. 182. Gonidia pleurococcoidea, simplicia diam. 

 0.006 — 0.020, interdum glomerulosa, etiam 2 — 3-cellulosa visa, membrana 

 tenui. 



Var. fuscopurpurascens (Harm.) Vain. Lecidea lateola v. fusco- 

 purpurascens Harm. Cat. Lich. Lorraine V p. 378. 



Exs. Stenh. Lich. Suec. Exs. n. 53 sup. p. p. („n. 53 a, apoth. p. 

 p. sanguinea" secund. Arn. Lich. Frank. Jur. p. 182, Lich. Fragm. XI 

 p. 56). 



