HyrnenomyceteD3, Hydncae, Kueiffia. 217 



subconferfcis, brevissimis, gracilliruis, apice pilosulis; sporis splise- 

 roideo-ellipsoideis. 



Hab. ad lignum vetustura pineum prope Mustiala Fennise. 



3. Kneifiia lactea Karst. Odoniia lactea Karst. Hattsv. 11, p. 239, ^^^ 

 Sacc. Syll. VI, p. 508 — ^-Kn. abietina ICarst. Hedw. 1886, fasc. VI. 



— Latissime effusa, indetermioata, crustoso-adnata, flocculoso-far- 

 furacea, tenerrima, persistenter albido-pallens, ambifcu similari, se- 

 tulis brevissimis, confertis, superne in pilos solutis; sporis elli- 

 psoideo-sphaeroideis, vulgo uniguttulatis 3-5 s 2-4. 



Hah. in cortice vetusto Abietis exceisee prope Mustiala Fenniae. 



— A typo praecipue setulis confertioribus raajoribusque recedit, 

 Sec. auctorem huc spectat K. setigera Eilis N. A. Fungi n. 713, 

 nec Fr. 



4. Kneiffia stenospora Karst. Hedw. 1886, fasc. VL — Latissime effu- 8^2 

 sa, indeterminata, crustoso-adnata, flocculoso-furfuracea, admodum 

 tenuis, ambitu sirailari, pallescens, siccitate sordide flavescens, sefculis 

 confertissimis, curtis, insequalibus, superne pilosulis; sporis cyiin- 

 draceis, curvulis vel subrectis, 5-8^:1. 



Hab. ad ligna putrescentia pinea in Fennia australi passim. — 

 A Kneiffla setigera Fr. comparanda setulis brevioribus sporisque 

 statim dignoscenda. 



5. Kneiffia brevlseta Karst. Hedw. 1886, fasc, VI. — Latissime effusa, 873 

 indeterminata, crustoso-adnata, flocculoso-furfuracea, tenerriraa, albi- 



da vel lactea, arabitu sirailari, setulis brevissirais, confertis, superne 

 pilosulis, siccis argillaceis vel argillaceo-seu fuscescente-Iutescenti- 

 bus; sporis ellipsoideis, utroque polo attenuatis, vulgo uniguttula- 

 tis, 5-9 i; 3-5. 



Hab. in Jigno veiusto Pini silvestris circa Mustiala Fenniae 

 haud rara autumno seriore. — Ad Kneiffiarn, ambiguam Karst. 

 [Odoniiam ambiguam Karst. — Syll. VI, p. 508) proxirae accedit. 



6. Kneiffia fragilis Karst. Hedw. 1889, pag. 26, Radulum fragile 874 

 Karst. Hedw. 1886. — Late effusa, crustoso-adnata, flocculoso-fur- 

 furacea, tenuissima, lactea, arabitu similari, tuberculis admodura 

 curtis, valde difformibus et in£equalibus, subinde pilosulis vel pa- 

 pillosis, fragilibus, siccis pallido-flavescentibus; sporis sphseroideo- 

 ovoideis, 2 a. diam. 



Hab. in ligno raucido Betulaa odoratae in regione Mustialensi 

 Fenniff!. 



7. Kneiffia vagans Karst. Hedw. 1889, p. 26, Radulum vagans Karst. 875 

 Hedw. 1886. — Late etfusa, crustoso-adnata, admodum tenuis, to- 



