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1 . Rh. pinea Karst. (Hedw. 1884, p. 58). Sacc. Syll. Ill, p. 585. 

 Pyrenia laxe gregaria, subinde csespitosa vel sparsa, erum- 



penti-superficialia, forma varia, ut plurimum rotundata, scabriu- 

 scula, atra vel fuscescente-atra, astoma, 0,4 mmm. diam. Sporulse 

 fusoideo-bacillares, curvulae vel subrectse, solito 3-septat8e, chlorino- 

 hyalinse, longit. 20—40 mmm., crassit. 3—4 mmm. 



Hab. in ramis corticatis emortuis Pini sylvestris ad Mustiala. 



*Rh. curvula Karst. Symb. ad Mye. Fenn. XIX (1887), p. 88. 

 C^Bh. curva). 



Sporulse fusoideo-bacillares, cm^ae, solito continuoe et egut- 

 tulatse, longit. 30 — 35 mmm., crassit. 3 — 4 mmm. 



Hab. in cortice Ficece excelsce emortuo ad Mustiala, m. Nov. 

 1866. 



Partibus externis cum Bh. pinea convenit, internis vero me- 

 lius cum Bh. pityophila Sacc. 



2. Rh. conigena Karst. 



Syn. Fhoma conigena Karst. Symb. ad Myc. Fenn. XXVI, p. 29. 



Pyrenia solitaria vel aggregata, erumpenti-superficialia, varie 

 compressa, s^epe elongata subhysterioidea, atra, nitentia, IsBvia, 

 subastoma, 0,2 mm. lata vel paullo ultra. Sporulse fuscoideo-elon- 

 gatse, solito rectse, eguttulatse, rarissime obsolete l-septatse, longit. 

 8 — 16 mmm., crassit. 1,5 — 2,5 mmm. Sporophora bacillaria, recta, 

 longit. 18 — 20 mmm., crassit. 0,5 — 1 mmm. 



Hab. in sqvamis strobilorum Picece excelsce in Fennia passim. 



Status forte est spermogonicus Dichcence stroMlince. 



8. Rh. Corni (Fuck.?) Karst. 



Syn. PJioma Corni Fuck. Symb. p. 207. Sacc. Syll. Ill, p. 86. 



Pyrenia sparsa, sub epidermide nidulantia, demum erumpen- 

 tia et epidermide nigrificata cincta, subsphseroidea, vix papillata, 

 minuta. Sporulse cylindracea3, curvulse, longit. 12 — 18 mmm., cras- 

 sit. 2—3 mmm. 



Hab. in ramis corticatis Corni sangvinece in horto Mustia- 

 Jensi, m. Majo 1872. 



4. Rh. Scrophularise Karst. Symb. ad Myc. Fenn. XXVII, p. 34. 



Pyrenia cladogena, sparsa, epidermide velata., sphseroideo- 

 vel oblongato-depressa, atra, subinde maculae rufescenti insidentia, 

 ostiolo papillato, brevi, 0,3 mmm. lata. Sporulse filiformes, rectse. 



