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irregulariter contextum, tubulis O.ooi mm latis, oblongis elongatisve, 

 superne in zona tenui minus pachydermaticum et cavitatibus breviori- 

 bus, latioribus, O.oois — O.002 mm latis. Hymenium crass, circ. O.090 mm 

 („ — 0.060 mm" sec. Stizenb.), pallidum aut totum dilute fuscescens aut 

 parte superiore rubricoso-fuscescente, jodo caerulescens deindeque 

 vinose rubens. Paraphyses arete cohaerentes, simplices, membranis 

 gelatinoso-incrassatis, cavitate parum septata, O.ooi mm lata aut in apice 

 pauUo latiore. Asci clavati, long. circ. O.oeo, crass. O.012 — O.oie mm. 

 Sporae 8:nae aut abortu pauciores, distichae, interdum partim apicibus 

 sat acutis. Epithecium „KHO non mutatur" (sec. Th. Fr.) aut paullo 

 distinctius rubricosum. Conidangia „fere immersa; sterigmata simplicia 

 aut parum ramosa; conidia long. O.005 — O.oos mm" (Flagey Lich. Franch.- 

 Comt. II, 1886, p. 361). Gonidia cystococcoidea, simplicia diam. circ. 

 0.008 — 0.010 mm, membrana sat tenui aut sat crassa, vacuolis lateralibus, 

 plurima glomerulos formantia O.026 — O.oso mm latos, autosporas numero- 

 sas, globosas, O.oos — O.oos mm latas continentia. 



F. vernaliformis Vain. L. triplicans *f. vernaliformis Vain. Adj. 

 Lich. Lapp. II (1883) p. 8. 



Thallus tenuis. Apothecia testacea aut testaceo-rufescentia aut 

 partim fusco-rufescentia. — I.ocis numerosis collecta. 



F. rhypara Vain. L. triplicans f. rhypara Vain. Adj. Lich. Lapp. 

 II p. 8, Lich. Veg. Pitlekai (1909) p. 105. 



Thallus sat crassus, cinereo-glaucescens. Apothecia fuscescentia 

 aut nigricantia. Thallo esoredioso a B. atrolivida et B. epixanthoide 

 differt. 



Distr. Nonnullis locis collecta, velut ad Niemi in Lohja (C. E. 

 Boldt) in N., Koski in Ta. (Vain.), Uhtua in KVien. occ. (Vain.), Kongas 

 prope Mare Glaciale et Koppelo in Lin. (Vain. 1. c). 



F. leucorhypara (Nyl.) Th. Fr. Lich. Scand. II (1874) p. 373 (Vain. 

 Adj. Lich. Lapp. II p. 8). L. sphaeroides *leucorhypara Nyl. Lich. Lapp. 

 Or. (1866) p. 183. L. sabuletorum var. obscurata f. leucorhypara Stizenb. 

 Lee. Sab. (1867) p. 35. L. leucorhypara Nyl. in Norrl. Ber. Torn. Lappm. 

 (1873) p. 337. 



Thallus sat crassus aut sat tenuis, albido-glaucescens aut albido- 

 cinerascens, baud sorediosus. Apothecia fusco-rufescentia aut parce 

 etiam sordide testacea, plana aut demum convexa. 



Distr. Ad Kargostrov (A. Kullhem), Dianovagora („f. obscurior 

 Nyl.", KuUh.), Perttiniemi (J. P. Norrlin) in KOn., ad Kiannanniemi (Vain.) 

 in OKaj., ad Kilpisjarvi (Norrl.) in LEnont. 



Obs. Lecidea substipitata Nyl., Fl. 1865 p. 5 (Kihlm. Neu. Beitr. 

 Flecht. Kola, 1891, p. 57, L. sphaeroides *substipitata Nyl. Lich. Lapp. 

 Oi'., 1866, p. 83, L. sphaeroides f. substipitata Stizenb. Lee. Sabul., 1867, 



