Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 53, N:o 1. 253 



16. B. melaena (Nyl.) Arn. 



Fl. 1865 p. 596, Lich. Tirol IV (1869) p. 624, XI (1873) p. 515, 519, 

 Lich. Miinch. (1891) p. 87; Th. Fr. Lich. Scand. II (1874) p. 383. Lecidea 

 melaena Nyl. Bot. Not. 1853 p. 182; Stizenb. Lee. Sab. (1867) p. 54. 

 Micarea Hedl. Bern. Lee. Micar. (1892) p. 82, 96. L. sphaeroides *L. 

 melaena Nyl. Lich. Scand. (1861) p. 205. L. milliaria var. turfosa Fr. 

 Nov. Sched. Crit. I (1826) p. 7 (Lich. Suee. Exs. n. 212 A) see. Th. Fr. 

 1. c. p. 383 (nomen ineptum). L. milliaria var. ligniaria Fr. 1. c. p. 8 

 (Lich. Suee. Exs. n. 212 B) see. Th. Fr. 1. c. (hand L. lignaria 

 Ach.). L. milliaria var. rudeta Fr. Summ. Veg. Seand. (1846) p. 114 

 sec. Th. Fr. (nomen nudum). Biatora Stizenbergeri Hepp Flecht. Eur. 



III (1860) n. 504. 



Exs. Fr. Lich. Suee. Exs. VIII (1826) n. 212 A, B. — Hepp 

 Flecht. Eur. Ill (1860) n. 504. — Fellm. Lich. Aret. (1864) n. 159. — 

 Arn. Lieh. Exs. (1866) n. 332 a, b. — Norrl. et Nyl. Herb. Lich. Fen. 



IV (1875) n. 180. - Zwaekh Lich. Exs. (1881) n. 657,675. — Arn. Lich. 

 Monac. (1889) n. 49, (1892) n. 248, 249, (1895) n. 407. — Zahlbr. Krypt. 

 Exs. Vindob. IV (1899) n. 362. (Sec. cit.) 



Thallus verruculosus, dispersus aut subcontinuus, vulgo 

 esorediatus, saepe etiam evanescens. Apothecia parva, basi 

 leviter constricta, convexa, immarginata, atra. Hypothecium 

 rubricoso- vel violaceo-fuscescens, Epithecium obscuratum. 

 Paraphyses gelatinosae, Sporae oblongae (aut raro ovoideo- 

 oblongae), apicibus rotundatis, 3-septatae aut raro subper- 

 sistenter 1-septatae, long. O.oh — O.ois (raro — O.028), crass. 

 0.005 (0.004 — O.ooe) mm. 



Distr. Ad lignum carbonisatum aut putrescens in 

 pinetis et silvis plus minus humidis, rarius ad plantas 

 destructas in rupibus et turfosis, interdum etiam ad terram 

 arenosam lapillosque inter radices abietum crescit. Lin.: 

 Ad Muddusjarvi et in Luosmavaara (F. Silen), Ruoptuin- 

 vaara, Veskoniemi, Paatsjoki, Inari, nee rara in reg. pinifera 

 (Vain. Adj. Lich. Lapp. II p. 12). LEnont.: „Etiam in reg. 

 betulina et (ad Naimakka) in reg. alpina" (Norrl. Ber. Torn. 

 Lappm. p. 337), ad Kilpisjarvi (Norrl.). LKem.: „In reg. 

 coniferarum baud rara" (Norrl. 1. c), Kaaresuanto (Norrl.), 

 Pyhatunturi, Sodankyla („sat frequenter in reg. conif. mixt." 

 (Vain. 1. c). LIm.: „Usque ad lacum Imandram" (Fellm., 

 Nyl. Lich. Lapp. Or. p. 151). In reg. magis meridionali- 



