CARNOSAE 393 



CARKOSAE. 



Barlaea. 



A. Spores glohose. 

 * Spores hyaline. 



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Spores coloured. 



Sph aero soma. Ascophore persistently subglobose, 

 wrinkled. . 



Curreyella. Ascophore plane, even. 



B. Spores elliptical or fusiform. 

 * Spores septate. 



Masseea. 



** Spores continuous. 



f Ascophore sessile or subsessile. 



Humaria. Ascophore small, rarely 1 cm. across, fleshy, 

 sessile on a broad base. 



Peziza. Ascophore large, 2-10 cm., fleshy, scurfy 

 outside. 



Otidea. Ascophore elongated and split down one side, 

 or vertically incurved and very wavy. 



** Ascophore stipitate ; stem stout and longitudinally grooved. 

 Acetabula. 



C. Ascophore sessile, expanded and crustlike or discoid from the 

 first ; fixed by rhizoids or fibrils springing from the under 

 surface ; spores hyaline, continuous, elliptical or fusiform. 



Rhizina. 



