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integrum. Nucleus jodo non reagens. Ad Polycoccum nee ad 

 Tichothecium pertinet. — In specimine ad Pyhaniemi a Norrlino 

 lecto apothecia immersa aut semiimmersa, lat. 0.2 mm, vertice 

 convexo, ostiolo inconspicuo. Asci subventricosi aut clavati, long. 

 0.040 — 0.050, crass. 0.oi6 mm, in apice membrana modice incrassata, 

 jodo non reagentes, metaplasmate rubescente. Paraphyses parcae, 

 in gelatinam parcam diffluxae, parte basali brevissima rudimen- 

 tariaque adhuc conspicua. Sporae 8:nae, distichae, oblongae, 

 apicibus vulgo obtusis, fuscescentes, 1-septatae, haud constrictae, 

 loculis aeque longis, long. O.013 — O.014, crass. O.005 — O.006 mm, 

 membrana modice incrassata, exosporio conspicuo. Perithecium 

 rubricoso-fuligineum, integrum. Nucleus haud resinoso-guttulosus, 

 jodo non reagens. 



6. T. gemmiferum (Tayl.) Koerb. 



Par. Lich. (1865) p. 468; Am. Lieh. Tirol XXI (1880) p. 153, XXX 

 (1897) p. 42, Fl. 1877 p. 301, Fl. 1881 p. 326, Lich. Frank. Jur. (Fl. 1885) 

 p. 300, Lich. Munch. (1891) p. 132; Karst. Rev. Ascom. (1885) p. 173; 

 Wint. Rabenh. Krypt. Ascom. (1887) p. 350; Sacc. Syll. Fung. IX (1891) 

 p. 725; Mig. Krypt. Pilz. 3 (1913) p. 309. Verrucaria gemmifera Tayl. 

 in Mackey Fl. Hib. II (1836) p. 95; Leight. Brit. Ang. Lich. (1851) p. 47, 

 t. XX f. 3, 4, t. XXI f. 1. Endococcus gemmiferus Nyl. Exp. Pyrenoc. 

 (1858) p. 64; Vain. Adj. Lich. Lapp. II (1883) p. 201. Phaeospora gem- 

 mifera Hepp Flecht. Eur. Ill (1860) n. 700. Endococcus gemmifer Nyl. 

 Lich. Lapp. Or. (1866) p. 174. 



Exs. Arn. Lich. Exs. (1858) n. 19 a, b, (1878) n. 779 (ex Arn.).— 

 — Hepp Flecht. Eur. Ill (1860) n. 700. — Norrl. et Nyl. Herb. Lich. 

 Fenn. II (1875) n. 100. 



Apothecia sat crebra, substrato semiimmersa, vertice 

 vulgo convexo, nigro, nudo. Perithecium fuscofuligineum, 

 globosum, integrum, lat. O.12 — O.is mm. Asci ventricoso- 

 clavati. Sporae 8:nae, fuscescentes, ellipsoideae aut oblon- 

 gae, apicibus rotundatis, long. O.oos — O.ou, crass. O.ooe — 

 O.008 mm. 



Distr. Parasita in thallo Lecideae contiguae, L. con- 

 fluentis, L. albocaerulescentis, L. (Rhicocarp.) obscuratae, 

 L. ochrotropae, Lecanorae cinereae et Verrucariae sub- 

 viridulae. Nylandia: Ylikaytava Hoglandiae (M. Brenner). 

 Karelia austr: Uuras ad Viburgum (Vain.). Tavastia austr.: 

 Kuivajarvi in Tammela (A. Kullhem). Karelia Ladogensis: 

 Ruskeala et Lahentausta in Kirjavalahti (Norrl. Symb. Fl. 



