162 E. A. Vainio, Pyrenocarpeae. 



Obs. 1. Ad variationes accidentales spectant f. diffluens Vain. 

 (1. c. p. 180), paraphysibus fere obsoletis, ad Lentuankoski in Kuhmo 

 lecta, et f. violascens Vain. (1. c), gelatina hymeniali jodo caerulescente, 

 dein in parte superiore hymenii sordide obscureque violascenti- 

 rubescente, in parte inferiore decolorata, in Mantytunturi in Kuusamo 

 lecta. 



Obs. 2. „Verrucaria sphinctrinoidella" Nyl. in Fl. 1864 p. 355 

 (Lich. Lapp. Or., 1866, p. 171), quoad specimen supra Peltigeram aph- 

 thosam prope Ponoi a N. I. Fellman lectum, ad Thelenellam sphinctri- 

 noidem pertinet, perithecio rubricoso-rufescente, extus concolore, HN0 3 

 non reagente, sporis submuralibus, thallo evanescente, gonidiis par- 

 cissimis, paucicellulosis, pachydermaticis, ad Gloeocapsam pertinentibus 

 instructa (conf. Th. reducta). 



9. Th. reducta (Th. Fr.) Vain. 



Lich. Vegae Pitlekai (Ark. Bot. 1909) p. 165. Microglaena (sphin- 

 ctrinoides) reducta Th. Fr. Bot. Not. 1863 p. 10 („subspecies"), Fl. 1865 

 p. 344, Fl. 1870 p. 483. Verrucaria reducta Vain. Adj. Lich. Lapp. II 

 (1883) p. 180. Verrucaria sphinctrinoidella Nyl. Fl. 1864 p. 355 p. p.; 

 Norrl. Bidr. Sydost. Tav. Fl. (1870) p. 195, Symb. Ladog.-Kar. (1878) 

 p. 32; Vain. Fl. Tav. Or. (1878) p. 120, Lich. Vib. (1878) p. 71. Verru- 

 caria leucothelia **V. sphinctrinoidella Nyl. Lich. Lapp. Or. (1866) p. 171 

 p. p. Microglaena sphinctrinoidella Arn. Lich. Tirol VI (1871) p. 1123, 

 XIII (1874) p. 265, XIV (1875) p. 460, XVII (1877) p. 546. 



Exs. Rabenh. Lich. Eur. Exs. XXXII (1870) n. 452. 



Thallus tenuis aut tenuissimus, inaequalis, gelatinosus 

 aut parum conspicuus, pallidus aut pallido-glaucescens aut 

 subalbidus. Apotheeia vulgo sparsa, verrucas t'ormantia 

 depresso-subglobosas aut rarius ovoideas, O.230 — 0.no( — O.100) 

 mm latas, basi vulgo leviter constrictas, atras, nitidulas aut 

 opacas, margine ostiolari haud prominente aut demum 

 leviter impresso, ostiolo parvo aut rarius demum modice 

 dilatato foveolatoque. Perithecium caeruleo- aut olivaceo- 

 nigricans (aut raro caeruleo-violaceum: v. glacialis), extus 

 tenuiter decoloratum, integrum, amphithecio thallino nullo 

 obductum. Paraphyses numerosae, parce ramoso-connexae, 

 partim simplices. Asci subcylindrici. Sporae 8:nae, diu 

 pluriseptatae, demum murales, cellulis haud numerosis, 

 long. O.023 — O.030 ( — 0.036), crass. O.oos — O.010 mm, ( — O.012 mm 

 sec. Nyl.). Gonidia gloeocapsoidea, cellulis glomerulosis, 

 numerosissimis. 



