PITYA. 289 



Diplocarpa. Paraphyses cylindrical, bearing conidia at 

 the tips. Growing on the ground. 



D. Spores elongated, continuous : external hairs — especially the 

 marginal ones — thick-walled, septate, pointed and coloured. 



Lachnea. Paraphyses clavate at the tip. Growing on 

 the ground, rarely on wood. 



Desmazierella. Tips of paraphyses black and pointed, 

 projecting above the surface of the disc. Growing 

 on pine leaves. 



E. Spores elongated, continuous — sometimes 1-septate in Dasy- 

 scypha — external and marginal hairs thin-walled, cylindrical, 



sometimes very short and delicate. 



Dasyscypha. Ascophore minute. Growing on wood, 

 herbaceous stems, and leaves. 



Neottiella. Ascophore small. Growing on the 

 ground. 



Geopyxis. Ascophore large, stipitate. Growing on 

 the ground, rarely on branches or wood. 



Sepultaria. Ascophore large, sessile. Growing on the 

 ground, at first subterranean, then becoming partly 

 exposed. 



PITYA. Fuckel. 



Ascophore narrowed into a short, stout, stem-like base, 

 piriform and closed at first, then becoming almost or quite 

 plane; margin entire, glabrous, lower portion of ascophore 

 and stem minutely villose, rather fleshy ; cortex parenchy- 

 matous, cells irregularly polygonal; asci cylindrical, apex 

 obtuse, narrowed below into a very long pedicel, 8-spored ; 

 spores globose, continuous, hyaline, 1 -seriate ; paraphyses 

 present. 



Pity a, Fuckel, Symb. Myc, p. 317 (written Pithy a, and 

 VOL. iv. xj 



