Karsten: Sphseropsidere in Fennia observatie. 49 



Macrophoma macrosperma Bed. et Vogl. (Atti Soc. Veneto- 

 Trentina, 1886, p. 173. 



Pyrenia sparsa, cortici innata, rotunda, atra, glabra, pertusa, 

 0,3—0,5 mm. in diam., globulo spermatico ovali, rotimdato vel 

 subcylindraceo dilutissime flavido ornata. Sporulse ovoideo-ellipsoi- 

 dese vel ellipsoidese, rectse, subinde ineeqvilaterales, eguttulatse, 

 plasmate rarissime bipartite, subgranuloso refertae, membrana 

 crassa, hyalina vel flavescente hyalina, longit. 44 — 52 mmm., eras- 

 sit. 22—23 mmm. 



Hab. in ramulis emortuis Picece excelsce ad Mustiala, m. De- 

 cembri 1866. 



2. Ph. conigena Karst. (Rev. myc, avril 1885, p. 7). 

 Pyrenia sparsa vel subgregaria, erampentia, mox superficia- 



lia, difformia, ut plarimum rotundata, demum ore rimoso dehi- 

 scentia, atra, latit. circiter 150 mmm. Sporulse oblongatse, rectse, 

 eguttulatse, hyalinse, longit. 6 — 9 mmm., crassit. 2 — 3 mmm. 



Hab. ad sqvamas conorum emortuorum Pini sylvestris prope 

 Mustiala, m. Aprili. 



Ab affinibus Phoma strohilaria (Preuss) et Ph. strohiligena 

 Desm. pyreniis rotundatis ore rimoso dehiscentibus, sporulis egut- 

 tulatis recedere videtur. 



3. Ph. Libertiana Speg. et Roum. Mich. VII, p. 338. Sace. 

 Syll. Ill, p. 73. 



Pyrenia gregaria, erumpentia, sphseroideo-depressa, papillu- 

 lata, contextu parenchymatico rufescente. Sporulse ovoideo-oblon- 

 gatse, 2-guttulat9e, hyalinse, longit. 5 — 6,5 mmm., crassit. 3 mmm. 



Hab. in ramis corticatis Picece excelsce circa Mustiala, m. 

 Aprili. 



Spermogonium, testibus Saccardo et Lambotte, TryUidiopsi- 

 dis pinastri (Pers.) Karst. 



4. Ph. socia (Nees?) Karst. (Hedw. 1884, p. 85). 



Pyrenia solitaria vel 2 — 6 aggregata, basi cortici insculpta 

 vel semiimmersa, vulgo irregularia, sphseroideo-depressa, ovoideo- 

 truncata vel subsphgeroidea, astoma, demum poro pertusa, vix pa- 

 pillata, atra, 0,4 mm. lata. Sporulse fusoideo-oblongatse, utrinqve 

 acutat^, rectse, 8 — 10 mmm. longse, 2 — 4 mmm. crassse. 



