116 E. A. Vainio, Pyrenocarpeae. 



parcisque indicatae. „Periphyses bene evolutae, parce ramosae, 

 parce septatae" (sec. Zopf 1. c. p. 34, tab. I f. 7). Asci long. 

 0.040 — 0.050, crass. O.oio — 0.oi6 mm, membrana gelatinoso-incrassata 

 („long. 0.058 — 0.060, crass. O.023 mm" sec. Zopf 1. c. p. 134). 

 Sporae 1-septatae, apicibus rotundatis aut raro obtusis, membrana 

 modice incrassata, exosporio distincto, intensius colorato, vulgo 

 haud constrictae, loculis aeque longis, „64 — 16:nae" sec. Arn. — 

 In T. erratico Mass. 1. c. sporae „long. O.00366 — 0. 00400, crass. 

 O.00244 mm". 



2. T. microphorum (Nyl.). 



Endococcus erraticus 'microphorus Nyl. Fl. 1881 p. 189; Cromb. 

 Journ. Bot. 1882 p. 276 (6); Hue Addend. II (1888) p. 314. Tichothecium 

 pygmaeum f. microphorum Arn. Lich. Frank. Jur. (Fl. 1885) p. 301. 

 Tichothecium erraticum subsp. microphorum A. Smith Mon. Brit. Lich. 

 II (1911) p. 344. Tichothecium erraticum Mass. Neag. Lich. (1854) p. 9, 

 Symm. Lich. (1855) p. 94 (sec. descr.); Koerb. Par. Lich. Germ. 5 Lief. 

 (1865) p. 468; Wint. 1. c. 350; Sacc. Syll. Fung. IX (1891) p. 726; Mig. 

 1. c. p. 308. 



Apothecia substrato subimmersa, vertice convexo, nigro, 

 nudo, demum prominente. Perithecium fuscofuligineum, glo- 

 bosum, integrum, lat. circ. O.12— O.ie mm. Asci ventricoso- 

 oblongi aut subclavati, polyspori. Sporae fuscescentes, 

 vulgo ellipsoideae apicibusque rotundatis, „long. O.004 — O.007, 

 crass. O.002 — O.003 mm" sec. Nyl. (long, etiam — O.oos, crass. 

 — O.0035 mm). 



Distr. In hymenio et thallo Lecanorae (Aspiciliae) 

 cinereorufescentis ad Sorvarinsalmi Viburgi (Vain., n. 

 3730 in herb. Nyl.). In thallo et parcius in hymenio Leci- 

 deae albosuffusae prope Sirkela ad Paanajarvi in Kuusamo 

 („Endococcus pygmaeus var. microcarpa" in Vain. Adj. Lich. 

 Lapp. II p. 201). 



Intermedium est inter T. pygmaeum et T. microcarpum. 

 Sporae 1-septatae, haud aut parum constrictae. Hymenium jodo 

 vinose rubens aut violascens. Paraphyses haud evolutae. Asci 

 membrana tenui. Conidia „oblonga, recta, long. O.002, crass. O.0005 

 mm" (sec. annot. Nyl. in n. 3730). Sec. descr. Massalongi 



haec species rectius nominanda sit T. erraticum Mass. (conf. 

 supra). 



