140 E. A. Vainio, Lecideales. 



Obs. 1. I. sphaeroides *L. sabuletorum f. simplicior Nyl. [Lich. 

 Scand. (1861) p. 205], „sporis 1-septatis (longit. ut in typo) et interdum 

 gelatina hymenea jodo vinose rubente (supra muscos ad Helsingforsiam, 

 Nyl., in Sueciae montibus, Thedenius, atque supra terram Lapponiae)" 

 descripta est. Specimen prope Helsingforsiam (Tali) lectum ad Lecideam 

 verruculam (Norm.) pertinet (conf. Th. Fr. 1. c. p. 523). Planta in Suecia 

 (ad Funnesdalsberget) lecta est Lecidea Dufourei (Ach.) Nyl., cujus 

 specimen orig., in Vogesiis a Blind lectum, sporis oblongis aut ovoideo- 

 oblongis, 1-septatis, O.oio— O.oie mm longis et O.0035 — O.ooe mm crassis et 

 verruculis thalli confluentibus, nee demum substipitatis clavatisve, nee 

 fistulosis a Th. squalescenie differt (conf. Nyl. Fl. 1867 p. 373). Speci- 

 mina supra Grimmias in Kipina Lapponiae a G. Selin collecta, verru- 

 culis thalli minoribus, nee substipitatis nee fistulosis instructa, ad 

 Bilimbiam [B. trisepta (Naeg.) Arn.] pertinent. „Lecidea Dufourei", in 

 Norrl. Ber. Torn. Lappm. p. 336 a Nyl. rite determinata, ad Th. squa- 

 lescens a Th. Fr. 1. c. erronee relata est. . 



Obs. 2. Catillaria sphaeralis Koerb., Par. Lich. 3 Lief. (1861) p. 

 196 (sec. descr.), Arn. Lich. Tirol XIV (1875) p. 26 (458) sec. specim. 

 orig., Buellia Anzi Neosymb. (1866) p. 12 (sec. specim. orig.), pertinet 

 ad Catillariam Dufourei (Ach., Nyl.). In specim. Arnoldi Nylander 

 conidia observavit bacilliformia, recta, long. 0.oo45, crass. O.ooi mm, 

 sterigmatibus simplicibus. Diversae sunt I. sphaeralis Fr. Vet. Ak. 

 Handl. 1822 p. 254 et L. arctica ;^. sphaeralis Schaer. Enum. Lich. Eur. 

 (185U) p. 135 (conf. Th. Fr. Lich. Scand. p. 383). 



2. Th. triste (Th. Fr.) Vain. 



Psora tabacina ,i tristis Th. Fr. Bot. Not. 1865 p. 38. Toninia 

 tristis Th. Fr. Lich. Scand. II (1874) p. 341. Lecidea tabacina Nyl. Et. 

 Lich. Alg. (1854) p. 328 (sec. Lich. Par. p. 87), baud Psora tabacina 

 Ramy in D.C. Fl. Fr. II (1794) p. 367 (sec. Nyl. 1. c). Thalloedema 

 tobacinum Jatta Fl. It. Crypt. Lich. p. 644; Vain. Lich. Ins. Philipp. Ill 

 (1921) p. 74. L. subtabacina Nyl. Lich. Par. (1896) p. 87. 



Thallus e verrucis constans saepe demum clavatis, 

 simplicibus aut ramosis, irregularibus, vertice convexis, 

 circ. 3—0.3 mm latis, solidis aut demum fistulosis, olivaceo- 

 testaceis aut tabacino-fuscescentibus, baud pruinosis, hypo- 

 thailo breviter subfruticuloso aut indistincto. Apothecia 

 adnata, basi bene constricta, primum plana marginataque, 

 demum convexa immarginataque, nigra, nuda. Hypothecium 

 fuscescens rubricosumve. Sporae oblongae aut subfusifor- 

 mes aut ovoideae, 1-septatae. 



