CONTENTS 



Preface ix 



Artificial Key to the Families 1 



Family Phallaceae 3 



Family H ysterangiaceae 15 



Family Hymenogastraceae 24 



Family Secotiaceae 53 



Family Lycoperdaceae 58 



Family Arachniaceae 144 



Family Sphaerobolaceae 146 



Family Tylostomataceae 149 



Family Sclerodermataceae 160 



Family Xidulariaceae 173 



Family Calostomataceae 185 



Literature 194 



Index 197 



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