146 E. A. Vainio, Pyrenocarpeae. 



Parasitae lichenum, thallo gonidioso destitutae, ad 

 fungos pertinentes. Sporae 8:nae, ovoideae aut oblongae, 

 obscuratae, 1-septatae. Paraphyses evolutae. Nucleus jodo 

 non reagens. 



1. P. Sauteri Koerb. 



Lich. Sel. Germ. (1856) n. 54, Par. Lich. 5 Lief. (1865) p. 470; 

 Rabenh. Flecht. Eur. VII (1857) n. 182; Arn. Lich. Fragm. XVI (Fl. 

 1874) p. 28 (166); Lich. Tirol XIII (1874) p. 282. Endococcus Ohlert 

 Zusamm. Lich. Preuss. (Schr. Phys.-oekon. Gesellsch. 1870) p. 44. 

 „Didymosphaeria ? Sauteri" Wint. 1. c. p. 431, Hedwigia 1886 p. 25; 

 Mig. Krypt. Pilz. 3 p. 353. Polycoccum condensatum Saut. Fl. Salz. p. 

 126. Diatrype trypethelioides Th. Fr. Mon. Ster. p. 13. 



Apothecia crebra, substrato semiimmersa, vertice con- 

 vexo aut umbonato, nigro, nudo. Perithecium rubricoso- 

 fuligineum, globosum, integrum, lat. circ. O.220 mm. Asci 

 clavati aut subcylindrici. Sporae „8:nae, fuscescentes, da- 

 cryoideae vel ovoideae, altero apice rotundato-obtuso, 

 altero paullo attenuato, long. O.012— O.019, crass. O.oos— O.ou 

 mm" (sec. Koerb., Arn. et Wint.). 



Var. margarodes Norm. Spec. Loc. Nat. PI. Norv. (1868) p. 377; 

 Arn. Lich. Fragm. XVI (Fl. 1874) p. 36 (175), tab. II fig. 10. Didymo- 

 sphaeria ? Sauteri var. margarodes Sacc. Syll. Fung. XIX (1910) p. 600, 

 XXII (1913) p. 177. 



Sporae „long. O.ois— O.022, crass. O.oos— O.009 mm" (Arn. 

 1. c). 



Distr. Parathallos (cephalodia) vulgo totos Stereocauli 

 alpini, turn tumentes et albescentes occupans, juxta flumen 

 Tenhojoki prope Storfossen in Lapponia Inarensi (J. M. 

 Norman, sec. specimen haud bonum in herb. Nyl.). 



Obs. In specim. orig. (in Pinzgau Germaniae lecto) in Rabenh. 

 1. c. perithecium rubricoso-fuligineum, KHO sordide violaceo-purpureum. 

 Nucleus albidus, haud resinoso-guttulosus, jodo non reagens. Asci 

 stipitati, „long. circ. O.ioo, crass. O.015— O.oig mm" (Winter 1. c), mem- 

 brana modice incrassata. Paraphyses numerosae, ramoso-connexae, 

 crass. O.0015 mm, increbre septatae (in KHO bene dinstinctae). „Sporae 

 1-septatae, cellula angustiore etiam breviore" (Arn. Lich. Tirol XIII 

 p. 283). 



