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semiimmersum, fuligineum, integrum, latere haud producto, 

 margine ostiolari haud aut leviter prominente, ostiolo parvo, 

 haud foveolato. Sporae oblongae aut ellipsoideae, long, vulgo 

 0.012 — O.020 (0.009—0.026), crass. O.005— O.oos ( — O.on) mm. 



Distr. Ad saxa granitica, gneissacea et schistosa in 

 campis et pratis et in littore marino. Regio Aboensis: Kauka- 

 salo in par. Finby (Vain.). Nylandia: Somerikonvuoret 

 Hoglandiae („V. mauroides" sec. Nyl. in Brenner Bidr. Hogl. 

 Lafv. p. 126, leg. Vain.), Traskkoplan in Esbo (Vain.), Hel- 

 singforsia (H. Hollmen), Gumtackt (W. Nyl., „V. margacea 

 var. mauroides" sec. Nyl.). Satakunta: Sabbskar in Luvia 

 (E. Hayren). Karelia austr: Tervaniemi et insula Uuras ad 

 Viburgum (Vain.). Tavastia austr.: Hersala, Papinsaari et 

 Taaveli in Hollola (Vain.), Asikkala (Norrl.), Padasjoki (Norrl., 

 „V. aethiobola" sec. Nyl.), ad Tammijarvi in Luhanka (Vain.), 

 Piilila et Haukkavuori in Korpilahti (Vain.). Karelia One- 

 gensis: Petrosavodsk (A. Kullhem, „V. nigrescens" sec. Nyl. 

 in Mus. Fenn.), Suunu (Norrl.). Savonia bor.: Pirttila in 

 Rytko prope Kuopio (K. Linkola). Ostrobotnia Kajanensis: 

 Kiannanniemi in Kianta (Vain.). Kuusamo: Mantyjoki ad^ 

 Paanajarvi (Vain.), Riekki (N. I. Fellman, f. macrospora Vain., 

 „V. nigrescens" sec. Nyl.). Lapponia Kemensis: Keimio- 

 niemi in Muonioniska (specim. orig. n. 2643 in herb. Nyl., 

 leg. Norrl.). 



Granula thalli cellulis plectenparenchymaticis, globosis, lepto- 

 dermaticis, O.003 — O.006 mm latis obducta. Gonidia pleurococcoi- 

 dea, globosa, simplicia diam. O.006 — O.oos mm, partim 2-cellulosa, 

 glomeruloso-conferta, membrana distincta, tenui. Perithecium 

 saepe subviolaceo-nigricans, plectenparenchymaticum, sat lepto- 

 dermaticum, cavitatibus lat. O.005 — O.ooe mm. Periphyses long. 

 O.020 — O.015, crass. O.0015 mm. Nucleus jodo violascens aut primum 

 levissime glaucescens. Sporae 8:nae, distichae, simplices, decolores, 

 in f. macrospora Vain. long. ,,0.021 — O.026, crass. O.007 — O.011 mm" 

 sec. annot. Nylanderi. 



Var. degrediens Vain. 



Thallus tenuis aut sat tenuis, laeviter inaequalis, gra- 

 nulis nullis aut parcissimis. 



