Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 53, N:o 1. 319 



Rh. superficiale (Schaer.) Vain. 



Lecidea superficialis Schaer. Spic. Lich. Helv. Ill (1828) p. 125^ 

 193, En. Lich. Eur. (1850) p. 107 (sec. Arn. Lich. Tirol XXV p. 384); 

 Fr. Lich. Eur. Ref. (1831) p. 325. L. geographica e. sphaerica Schaer. 

 Lich. Helv. Spic. Ill (1828) p. 123, 193 (sec. Mull. Arg. et Arn.). Cato- 

 carpus sphaericus Arn. Lich. Tirol XXV (1893) p. 384, Lich. Exs. Index 

 (1894) p. 38. L. geographica //. conglomerata Schaer. Lich. Helv. Exs. 

 XXIII (1849) n. 577 (sec. Stizenb. Lich. Helv. p. 212), haud Fr. Lich. Eur. 

 Ref. (1831) p. 237. Buellia effigurata Anzi Cat. Lich. Sondr. (1860) p. 90 

 (verisim. p. p.), Lich. Rar. Langob. VII (1861) n. 284 sec. Arn. Fl. 1871 

 p. 148 et Th. Fr. 1. c, sed haud in herb. Nyl. (videas infra). Rhizo- 

 carpon effiguratum Th. Fr. Lich. Scand. II (1874) p. 613. Catocarpus 

 effiguratus Arn. Fl. 1871 p. 148, Lich. Tirol XIV (1875) p. 444. Lecidea 

 effigurata Vain. Lich. Exp. Vegae Pitlekai (1909) p. 114. Catocarpus 

 Anzianus Miill. Arg. En. Lich. Valais. (1881) p. 18 (ut videtur). Lecidea 

 subalpicola Nyl. En. Lich. Fret. Behr. (1888) p. 39 (in herb. Nyl.). 



Exs. Arn. Lich. Exs. (1892) n. 1556. — Havaas Lich. Norv. Exs. 

 (1907) n. 366, Lich. Norv. Occ. Exs. II (1913) n. 48. 



Thallus crustaceus, uniformis aut ambitu subeffiguratus, verru- 

 cosus, verrucis convexis, et p. p. areolatus, areolis planis, citrinus aut 

 citrino-flavescens, epruinosus, laevigatus, esorediatus, KHO non rea- 

 gens aut levissime lutescens, medulla jodo caerulescente, hypothallo 

 nigricante. Apothecia sat parva aut mediocria, nigra, nuda, disco piano 

 aut demum convexo, laevigato, margine sat tenui, saepe demum excluso. 

 Sporae 8:nae, demum obscuratae, long. circ. O.oii — O.022, crass. O.007— O.oi? 

 mm (sec. Arn. et Vain.), 1-septatae. 



Distr. Ad rupes schistosas in montibus Norvegiae (Havaas Beitr. 

 Kenntn. Westnorw. Flecht. I, 1909, p. 32) et Lapponiae Lulensis (Th. 

 Fr. 1. c.) et in Sibiria arctica (Vain. 1. c, Nyl. 1. c.) proveniens, in Fennia 

 nondum collectum est. 



Obs. In Anzi Lich. Rar. Langob. n. 284 in herb. Nyl. thallus nee 

 KHO, nee jodo reagens, hypothallo indistincto, apotheciis 0.4 mm latis, 

 sporis (sec. Nyl.) long. O.014 — O.ois, crass. O.oos — O.oio mm. 



25. Rh. Inarense Vain. 



Lecidea chionophila *L. Inarensis Vain. Adj. Lich. Lapp. II (1883)- 

 p. 124, Lich. Nov. Semlj. (Hedwigia Beibl. 1898) p. 86. 



Thallus crustaceus, uniformis, verrucosus subareola- 

 tusve, verrucis depresse aut bene convexis, albis aut persi- 

 cino-albidis, subpruinosis vel epithallo minutissime diffracto^ 

 esorediatis, supra hypothallum nigrum dispersis, hydrate 



