THE FUNGI 387 
which exert a deleterious eftect in wine production. Its cells 
are ellipsoidal, 64 long, occurring singly or in rows of several 
generations, which are rather loosely joined. 
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Fic. 287.—Cup Fungi. A, B, Lachnea scutelata. A, Habit; B, ascus with para- 
physis; C, D, Lachnea hemispherica; C, habit; D, ascus with paraphysis; E, Sarco- 
sphera arenosa habit; F. G, Sarcosphera coronaria; F, ascus; G, habit; H, Sarcosphera 
arencola ascus with paraphysis. (See Die natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien 1, 1, p. 181.) 
(Harshberger.) 
S. pastorianus is a common contaminant in brewer’s yeast 
and in yeast cakes. It forms large sausage-shaped cells. It is a 
cause of disagreeable flavors in beer. 
OrDER 2.—PEzIZALES or cup fungi. Examples: Peziza, 
Lachnea and Ascobolus. 
Parasitic or saprophytic plants, whose vegetative bodies con- 
sist of a mycelium ramifying through the substratum and whose 
above ground fruiting bodies are sessile or stalked, cup or saucer- 
