112 E. A. Vainio, Pyrenocarpeae. 



Tichothecium rimosicolum Arn. Fl. (1861) p. 678; Wint. Rabenh. Krypt. 

 Asc. (1887) p. 354; A. Smith Mon. Brit. Lich. II (1911) p. 344. Endo- 

 coccus rimosicola Vain. Adj. Lich. Lapp. II (1883) p. 202. Pyrenula 

 rimicola Mull. Arg. Princ. Class. (1862) p. 91. Verrucaria periphae- 

 rica Tayl. in Mackey Fl. Hib. II (1836) p. 97? (Conf. A. Smith 1. c. 

 p. 344). 



Exs. Leight. Lich. Brit. Exs. (1856) n. 253. — Mudd Lich. Brit. 

 Exs. n. 301. — Hepp Flecht. Eur. IV (1867) n. 947. - - Arn. Lich. Exs. 

 (1867) n. 379 a, (1881) n. 379 b. — Zwackh Lich. Exs. (1876) n. 493. 

 Sec. cit. 



Apothecia sparsa aut sat crebra, substrato semiimmersa 

 aut immersa, vertice convexo, nigro, nudo. Perithecium 

 fuscofuligineum, globosum, integrum, lat. circ. O.120 — O.280 

 mm. Asci clavati aut suboblongi. Sporae 8:nae, fuscescen- 

 tes, suboblongae, apicibus obtusis aut rarius rotundatis, 

 3-septatae, long. circ. O.ou — O.023, crass. O.005— O.008 mm. 



Distr. Kuusamo: In thallo Lecanorae calcareae prope 



Kuoppaoja et in thallo et apotheciis Buelliae alboatrae prope 



Mantyjoki ad Paanajarvi (Vain.). Ostrobotnia Kajanensis: 



In thallo Thalloedaem. cumulati prope Hossa in Kianta 



(Vain.). Nylandia: In thallo Lecideae umbonatulae supra 



Kotikallio et Purjekallio Hoglandiae (M. Brenner). 



Nucleus jodo violascens. Asci clavati aut fusiformi-ventri- 

 cosi, long. O.045, crass. O.012 mm. Sporae oblongae aut fusiformi- 

 oblongae, ad septa vulgo leviter constrictae, in speciminibus ad 

 Kuoppaoja in Kuusamo et ad Hossa in Kianta lectis long. O.ou — 

 O.015, crass. O.005 — O.0065 mm, in speciminibus ad Mantyjoki lectis 

 long. O.012 — O.016, crass. O.ooes — O.oos mm. In Mudd Lich. Brit. 

 Exs. n. 301 perithecia fuscofuliginea, lat. O.uo mm. Paraphyses 

 in gelatinam diffluxae, cavitatibus elongatis, O.0005 mm latis, 

 distinctis. Asci oblongi, long. O.045, crass. O.016 — O.018 mm, 

 membrana tenui. Sporae diu decolores, demum fuscescentes, 

 distichae, oblongae, apicibus obtusis, lateribus convexis, 3-septatae, 

 interdum leviter constrictae, loculis haud lentieularibus, apicali- 

 bus parum brevioribus, exosporio demum distincto intensiusque 

 colorato. — Periphyses in hac specie evolutae, breves, pauci- 

 septatae, sec. Zopf 1. c. p. 275, fig. 38 A. 



Var. triphracta (Nyl.) Vain. 



Endococcus triphractus Nyl. Fl. 1872 p. 364; Th. Fr. On Lich. 

 Engl. Pol. Exp. (1879) p. 369; Brenner Bidr. Hogl. Lafv. (1885) p. 129; 



