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physes evolutae. Nucleus vulgo jodo vinose rubens. Peri- 

 thecium globosum, fuligineum, integrum. 



Gen. Sphaerellothecium Zopf (1. c. p. 184, Sacc. 1. c. XVII p. 676), 

 defectu periphysium paraphysiumque ab hoc genere differt. 



L T. pygmaeum Koerb. 



Sert. Sudet. (Denkschr. Schles. Ges. Vat. Kult, 1853, p. 236) p. 6, 

 Par. Lich. 5 Lief. (1865) p. 467; Arn. Lich. Fragm. XVI (Fl. 1874) p. 164, 

 Lich. Frank. Jur. (Fl. 1885) p. 300, Lich. Miinch. (1891) p. 132; Karst. 

 Rev. Ascom. (1885) p. 173; Wint. Rabenh. Krypt. Ascom. (1887) p. 349; 

 Sacc. Syll. Fung. IX (1891) p. 726 (excl. var.); Zopf Unters. Par. Krankh. 

 Flecht. I (Nova Acta, Halle 1897) p. 133, tab. I f. 4—7; Mig. Krypt. 

 Pilz. 3 (1913) p. 308. Endococcus pygrnaeus Vain. Adj. Lich. Lapp. II 

 (1883)' p. 200. Microthelia pygmaea Koerb. Syst. Lich. Germ. (1855) p. 

 374. Endococcus erraticus Nyl. Exp. Pyrenoc. (1858) p. 64, Lich. Scand. 

 (1861) p. 283, Lich. Paris (1896) p. 128. Endococcus areolatus (Ach.) Nyl. 

 Lich. Scand. (1861) p. 284. 



Exs. Norrl. et Nyl. Herb. Lich. Fenn. VIII (1882) n. 400. 



Apothecia substrato immersa aut semiimmersa, vertice 

 convexo, nigro, nudo, demum prominente. Perithecium 

 fuscofuligineum, globosum, integrum, lat. circ. O.ie — 0.3 mm. 

 Asci cylindrico-clavati aut ventricoso-oblongi, polyspori. 

 Sporae fuscescentes, ellipsoideae, apicibus rotundatis, long. 

 O.006 — O.008, crass. O.003 — O.0045 mm („long. — O.011, crass. O.003 — 

 O.006 mm" secund. Nyl.). 



Distr. Parasita in thallo Lecideae confluentis, lapicidae, 

 pantherinae, albosuffusae, Lecanorae cinereae, Haematom- 

 matis ventosi et Lecanorae polytropae. Nylandia: Vaha 

 Somerikko et Majakallio Hoglandiae (Brenner Hogl. Lafv., 

 1885, p. 129), Tvarminne (Fr. Elfving), Stansvik prope Hel- 

 singt'orsiam (J. P. Norrlin), Kyrkslatt (A. Kullhem). Karelia 

 Ladogensis: Variskallio in Kirjavalahti (Norrl. Symb. Fl. 

 Ladog. p. 33). Lapponia Inarensis: Inari (F. Silen) ex annot. 

 Nyl. Lapponia Ponojensis: Ad promontorium Orlow (A. O. 

 Kairamo). 



Nucleus albidus, haud resinoso-guttulosus, jodo vinose 

 rubens (aut primum dilutissime caerulescens). Paraphyses in 

 gelatinam diffluxae, cavitatibus cellularum oblongis, sparsis 



