"256 E. A. Vainio, Lecideales. 



raro evanescens. Apothecia lat, 0.3 — 0.7 (0.2 — O.9) mm, vulgo 

 atra subnitidaque, raro aeruginoso-atra aut latere cinereo-fusce- 

 scentia aut livido-pallescentia opacaque. Hypothecium parte 

 superiore hyphis erectis, conglutinatis, sat pachydermaticis, in 

 parte inferiore irregulariter contextis, saepe superne jodo caeru- 

 lescens, KHO non reagens aut intensius pallidum, sec. Nyl. (Fl. 

 1868 p. 474) interdum flavescens. Perithecium saepe intus 

 sordide violascens fuscescensve et extus pallidum aut totum 

 pallidum, hyphis radiantibus, conglutinatis, sat modice pachyder- 

 maticis, tubulis tenuibus. Epithecium KHO parum reagens aut 

 subolivaceum aut dilutius coloratum, in apotheciis pallidioribus 

 partim aeruginosum, partim decoloratum. Hymenium indistincte 

 limitatum, sec. Stizenb. „crass. O.040 — O.oto mm", jodo persistenter 

 caerulescens (demum etiam vinose rubens sec. annot. Nyl. in 

 herb. suo). Paraphyses arete cohaerentes, simplices, apicibus 

 baud aut leviter incrassatis, membranis KHO turgescentibus, 

 tubulis tenuibus. Sporae distichae, 3-septatae (aut raro parce in 

 eodem apothecio 5-sept.). Gonidia globosa, diam. O.oos — O.004 mm, 

 tantum simplicia visa, membrana sat tenui, baud gelatinosa. 

 Conidia „recta, long. O.007, crass, vix O.ooi mm" sec. Nyl. in f. 

 triseptatula, „ovalia vel subellipsoidea, long. O.0025, crass. O.0013 

 mm" sec. Linds. Sperm, p. 264 ad Schaer. Lich. Exs. n. 196 

 {conf. Arn. Lich. Miinch., 1891, p. 86). 



F. ternaria (Nyl.) Vain. Lecidea sabuletorum f. ternaria Nyl. 

 Lich. Lapp. Or. (1866) p. 151. L. ternaria Nyl. Fl. 1877 p. 232, Fl. 1878 

 p. 248. L. trisepta var. ternaria Vain. Lich. Exp. Veg. Pitlek. (1909) 

 p. 106. 



Apothecia atra, simplicia aut parce confluentia. Thallus verrucu- 

 losus aut verrucis parcis immixtus. 



Distr. Ad muscos destructos et lignum et corticem putridum 

 crescit. Ab.: Jurmo (E. Nylander, „L. vernalis v. montana" Nyl.), 

 Vihti (W. Nyl., „L. vern. v. montana"). N.: Prope Lounatkorkia Hog- 

 iandiae (Brenner Bidr. Hogl. Lafv. p. 91). Ta.: Herala in Hollola 

 (Vain.), Nyystola in Padasjoki (Vain.), Evo (J. P. Norrlin, n. 18699 in 

 herb. Nyl.), Tianen in Korpilahti (Vain. Fl. Tav. Or. p. 113). KLad.: 

 Kirjavalahti (Norrl. Symb. Fl. Ladog.-Kar. p. 29). LIm.: Sascheika 

 (P. A. Karsten). LMur.: Olenji (N. I. Fellman). 



Sec. annot. Nyl. „jodo gelatina hymenialis caerulescens, dein 

 lutescens, thecae vinose fulvae" (conf. Nyl. Fl. 1877 p. 232). L. milliaria 

 *L. trisepta Nyl. in Hue Addend. II (1888) p. 160 (L. milliaria var. 

 trisepta Nyl. Fl. 1877 p. 232) sporis longioribus tenuioribusque (1. O.015— 

 0.027, cr. 0.003 — 0.004 mm) distinguitur a *L. ternaria. „G. h. jodo persi- 

 .stenter caerulescens et obscurata (praesertim thecae tinctae)" sec. annot. 



