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(1) Ostiole present; mycelial spines lacking 



(a) Asci 8-spored 



X. Perithecia beaked, not cupulatc 

 y. Perithecia not beaked 



(b) Asci manj'-spored 



(2) Ostiole lacking; mycelial spines present 

 2. Perithecia in a stroma, the latter sometimes 



obsolete 



a. Stroma formed by the changed matrix 



(1) Stroma valsoid, i. e., perithecia in a circle 



or row 



(a) Asci 4-8-spored 



X. Perithecia 4, rarely 6, in a stroma 

 y. Perithecia many, 8-30, in a stroma 

 (x) Stroma in the bark; perithecia with 

 ostiole entire; asci sessile or sub- 

 sessile 

 (y) Stroma in or on the wood; perithecia 

 with sulcate ostiole; asci stalked 



(b) Asci many-spored 



(2) Stroma eutypoid, i.e., more or less 



broadly effuse 



(a) Stroma evident 

 X. .'Ksci 8-spored 



y, Asci many-spored 



(b) Stroma more or less indistinct or obso- 



lete 

 X. Asci 8-spored 



(x) Stroma in the bark 



(y) Stroma in the wood 

 y. Asci many-spored 



b. Stroma different from the matrix, diatrypoid 



(1) Asci 8-spored 



(2) Asci many-spored 



Phaeallantiae 



Spores 1-celled, botuliform, 

 Stroma pulvinate, different from matrix, erumpent 



Rostronitschkea 24:776 

 Nitschkea 1:91, 11:272; 9 

 Fracchiaea 1 :93 ; 9 

 Sydowinula 



Quaternaria 1:106 



Valsa 1:108; 9 



Eutypella 1:145, 17:569; 9 

 Valsella 1:158 



Eutypa 1:162, 17:569; 9 

 Cryptovalsa 1:187 



Cryptosphaeria 1:182 

 Endoxyla 1:181 

 Cryptosphaerella 1:186 



Diatrype 1:91, 9:480; 9 

 Diatrypella 1:200 



dark 

 Phaeotrype 24:849 



Hyalosporae 



1:407. A:58, 9:577, 11:289, 14:515, 16:452, 17:573, 22:71, 24:778 

 Spores 1-celled, not botuliform, hyaline to subhyaline 

 A. Perithecia separate to cespitose 



1, Perithecia innate, or finally erumpent 

 a. Perithecia beaked or with stellate ostiole 



(1) Perithecia carbonous 



(a) Perithecia hairy; beak bent 



(b) Perithecia glabrous; beak straight 



(2) Perithecia membranous, usually folicole 

 (a) Ostiole stellate or lobed 



X. Ostiole densely hairy-coronate, brown, 



3-5-lobed Paidania 22:80 



y. Ostiole not coronate, white, stellate with 



black, wart-like lobes Rinia 17:591 



Camptosphaeria 1:143 

 Rostrosphaeria 



