Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 53, N:o 1. 219 



aut basim versus vel totum decoloratum. Paraphyses arete 

 cohaerentes, partim simplices, parce praesertimque basi ramoso- 

 connexae, g-elatinam in KHO bene turgescentem percurrentes, 

 crass. 0.001 mm, apice saepe ieviter incrassatae (O.002 — O.0025 mm). 

 Asci clavati, in apice membrana bene incrassata. Sporae acicu- 

 lares, spiraliter contortae, long-, vulgo circ. O.030 et crass. O.0015 

 mm, „utrinque obtusiusculae, 3 — 7-septatae, O.020 — O.032 mm lon- 

 gae et 0. 002— 0. 003 mm crassae" secund. Th. Fr. 1. c. Gonidia 

 pleurococcoidea, simplicia et saepe etiam 2-cellulosa. 



31. B. Kuopioensis Vain. 



Lecidea Kuopioensis Vain. Meddel. Soc. F. et Fl. Fenn. 45 (1920) 

 p. 140, 306. 



Thallus sat tenuis aut partim modice incrassatus cras- 

 susve. Apothecia parva aut confluentia majoraque, basi 

 bene constricta, breviter stipitata aut partim sessilia sub- 

 sessiliave, disco piano aut rarius demum depresso-convexo, 

 pallido testaceove aut raro subnigricante, margine sat tenui, 

 superne disco concolore aut inferne pallidiore, persistente 

 aut demum excluso, Hymenium sat tenue, totum decolora- 

 tum aut raro fumoso-obscuratum. Hypothecium pallidum 

 aut decoloratum, superne subchondroideum. Perithecium 

 subchondroideum, vulgo decoloratum aut pallidum. Sporae 

 aciculares, contortae, sat breves, tenues, pauci-septatae. 



Distr. In latere umbroso rupis gneissaceae ad Vuori- 

 lampi in Neulalampi prope Kuopio in Sb. (K. Linkola). 



Proxime affinis est B. ophiosporae; forma fumosa Vain, in 

 earn fere transit, et item B. ophiospora, apothecia fuscescentia 

 procreans, ad B. Kuopioensem accedit. Thallus verruculosus aut 

 verruculoso-inaequalis, subcontinuus aut dispersus, saepe laxe 

 affixus, cinereo-virescens aut partim obscure cinereo-virescens 

 (in f. fumosa), opacus, hypothallo indistincto, Apothecia sparsa 

 aut confluentia, simplicia lat. O.3 — 0.6 mm, interdum tuberculoso- 

 confluentia et acervos 1 mm latos formantia, crass. O.200 — O.220 

 mm (stipitc non computato), hand pruinosa, disco ieviter nitido 

 aut opaco, margine nitido, haud prominente, stipite plus minus 

 evoluto. Hymenium O.060 — O.oso mm crassum, totum decoloratum 

 aut (in f. fumosa) dilutissime fumoso-obscuratum, jodo fulvescens, 

 ascis caerulescentibus deindeque subvinose obscuratis. Hypothe- 

 cium ex hyphis formatum erectis, cavitatibus rotundatis, O.003 mm 



