142 E. A. Vainio, Lecideales. 



crassatam, glaucescentem vel flavido-pallescentem vel im- 

 pure subalbidam, hypothallo indistincto. Apothecia adnata, 

 basi baud constricta, fere mox convexa immarg-inataque, 

 demum elevato-hemisphaerica subglobosave, nigra, nuda. 

 Hypothecium fusco-rubricosum. Sporae subfusiformes vel 

 oblongae elongataeve, 1— 3-septatae. 



Distr. Supra muscos destructos et terram nudam locis 

 calcariis et talcaceo-schistosis rara. Al.: Bastd (E. Nylander, 

 „L. vernalis v. montana" sec. Nyl. in Herb. Mus. Fenn., 1859> 

 p. 88 p. p.). Ab.: Soder-Jurmo in par. Korpo {„L. vernalis 

 V. montana" Nyl. Ad Veg. Lich. Hels., 1859, p. 240). Ta.r 

 Ad Templum in Renko (A. Kullhem). KOn.: Valkeamaki 

 (Th. Simming, J. P. Norrlin), Tiudie (Th. Simming, A. Kull- 

 hem). Kuus.: Ad Kitkajoki (F. Silen), Sirkela ad Paanajarvi 

 (Vain.). 



Squamae sat tenues, baud pruinosae, planiusculae. Apo- 

 thecia partim demum irregulariter conferta, opaca, (raro fusci- 

 dulo-testacea: f. diluta Norm. I. c. p. 350). „Perithecium extus 

 subincoloratum, intus hypothecio subconcolor. Hypothecium KHQ 

 magis violascens" (Th. Fries). Hymenium „0.070 — O.oso mm 

 crassum" (Stizenb.), jodo caerulescens deindeque obscure vinose 

 rubens. Paraphyses apice decoloratae aut passim dilute fusce- 

 scentes aut „olivaceae" (Stizenb.) aut „plus minus smaragdulae 

 vel smaragdulo-caerulescentes" (sec. Th. Fr.). Sporae apicibus 

 obtusis, long. 0.oi3 — O.024, crass. O.004 — O.006 mm, forma variabi- 

 les in eodem apothecio, „locis aridis sporis dyblastis" (Catillaria 

 Theobaldi Koerb. Parerg. Lich. p. 197 sec. Th. Fr.). Conidia 

 „filiformia, recta aut leviter arcuata, long. O.012 — O.014, crass, non 

 0.001 mm" sec. annot. Nyl. (16833) aut „curvata vel rectiuscula, 

 long. 0.015 — 0.018, crass. O.ooi mm" (Th. Fr.). Gonidia globosa^ 

 diam. O.009 — O.005 mm, aut ellipsoideo-subglobosa et long. O.oog^ 

 crass. 0.0065 mm, tantum simplicia visa, dilute flavescentia, mem- 

 brana tenui, sed distincta. 



Obs. 1. Lecideo vernalis 5. var. montana Nyl., Prodr. Lich GalL 

 (1857) p. 354 (108), quoad specim. supra muscos in rupe ad Bigorre 

 Pyrenaeorum lecta (16823 in herb. Nyl.) spectat ad speciem thallo 

 instructam tenuissimo, cinerascente, gonidia continente ad Trente- 

 pohliam pertinentia, cellulis O.oio — O.014 mm latis, anguloso-subglobosis, 

 partim concatenatis, membrana incrassata instructis, apotheciis I.2 — O.s 

 mm latis, basi bene constrictis, disco persistenter piano, nigro aut 



