224 E. A. Vainio. Lecideales. 



KHO rubricoso-rufescens et saepe solutionem ejusdem coloris effun- 

 dens, H2SO4 post tempus longius totum aeruginosum. Hymenium re- 

 sinoso-guttulosum, impellucidum, jodo non reagens, at metaplasmate 

 ascorum rubescente, circ. O.uo mm crassum. Epithecium fuscofuli- 

 gineum, KHO sicut perithecium reagens, H2SO4 mox aeruginosum. 

 Hypothecium partim superne albidum (circ. O.oso— O.oeo mm lat.), plecten- 

 parenchymaticum, ex hyphis erectis formatum, cavitatibus O.oois mm latis 

 aut ellipsoideis, membranis sat tenuibus, partim totum aut tantum 

 parte inferiore fuscofuligineum, perithecio consimile, usque ad O.ho mm 

 crassum, KHO solutionem rubricoso-rufescentem effundens, H2SO4 

 post tempus longius aeruginosum. Paraphyses apicem versus ramoso- 

 connexae. Asci cylindrico-clavati, long. circ. O.ioo, crass. O.oos — O.012 mm. 

 Sporae 4:nae aut 8:nae, aciculares, apice superiore obtuso aut acuto, 

 apice inferiore sensim attenuate et valde tenui, vulgo 9 — lO-septatae, 

 long. circ. O.oso — O.oes, crass. O.002— O.004 mm, observante Nyl. (in n. 12075 

 in Suojarvi lecto) „long. O.095 — O.ioo, crass. O.005 mm", apicem inferiorem 

 versus sensim tenuissime elongato-caudatae. 



34. B. alpina (Schaer.) Vain. 



Lecidea flavovirescens var. alpina Schaer. Lich. Helv. Spic. (1833) 

 p. 162, Lich. Helv. Exs. n. 532, Enum. Lich. Eur. (1850) p. 125, Vain. 

 Adj. Lich. Lapp. II (1883) p. 24, Lich. Exp. Vegae Pitlekai (Arkiv for. Bot. 

 8 n. 4, 1909) p. 102. Rhaphiospora flavovirescens i. alpina Arn. Lich. 

 Tirol XXI (1880) p. 140, XXX (1897) p. 29. Lecidea citrinella v. alpina 

 Norrl. Of vers. Torn. Lappm. (1873) p. 341. L. citrinella * alpina Nyl. Enum. 

 Lich. Fret. Behr. (1888) p. 25. 



Exs. Schaer. Lich. Helv. Exs. XXII (1847) n. 532 (secund. cit). 



Thallus crassus, ambitu subeffiguratus, crustam abrupte 

 limitatam aut verrucas formans, vulgo citrinus. Apothecia 

 parva aut mediocria, atra, adpressa, vulgo sat late adnata, 

 vulgo marginata. Hypothecium saltern inferne fusconigrum. 

 Hymenium crassum. Epithecium aeruginoso-fuligineum, HNO3 

 pulchrius aeruginosam. Sporae aciculares. 



Distr. Supra muscos destructos (Andreaea petrophila) 

 praesertimque supra et inter Stigonemata in fissuris laterum 

 rupium, interdum etiam ad terram arenosam nudam crescit. 

 Kb.: Kalliovaara in Lieksa (Vain.), Kylmajarvi in Kianta (Vain.). 

 Kuus.: In reg. subalp. montis livaara (Vain.). LKem.: In valle 

 Pyhakuru in Kuolajarvi (H. Lindberg). LEnont.: In Leutsu- 

 vaara prope Kilpisjarvi (J. P. Norrlin). 



