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(2) Perithecia glabrous 



(a) Paraphyses present 



X. Spores short, elliptic to fusoid 

 (x) Perithecia coarsely warted or ridged 

 m. Perithecia lichenicole 

 n. Perithecia not lichenicole 

 (y) Perithecia not warted or ridged 

 m. Perithecia lichenicole 

 n, Perithecia not lichenicole 

 y. Spores long, botuliform, fusiform or 

 cylindric, sometimes continuous 



(b) Paraphyses lacking 

 X. Asci 8-spored 



(x) Perithecia with innate basal stroma 



or foot 

 (y) Perithecia without basal stroma 

 y. Asci many-spored 

 B. Perithecia with a subicle or stroma 



1. Perithecia with a subicle 



a. Perithecia cupulate-collapsing 



(1) Paraphyses present 



(2) Paraphyses lacking 



b. Perithecia not cupulate-collapsing 



(1) Perithecia hairy 



(a) Ostiole present 



(b) Ostiole lacking 



(2) Perithecia glabrous 



(a) Paraphyses present 



X. Spores with long hyaline setae at each 



end 

 y. Spores without setae 



(b) Paraphyses lacking 



2. Perithecia with a stroma 



a. Stroma bright-colored 



(1) Stroma white and soft 



(2) Stroma yellow or red, leathery 



b. Stroma black, carbonous or woody 



(1) Stroma superficial; perithecial wall radiate; 



paraphyses lacking 



(2) Stroma immersed, then more oi less 



erumpent; perithecial wall not radiate 

 (a) Paraphyses present 

 X. Perithecia setose 

 y. Perithecia not setose 

 (x) Spores with appendages 

 m. Spores with an appendage at one or 



both ends 

 n. Spores also with two or more ap- 

 pendages at the septum 

 (y) Spores without appendages 

 m. Stroma immersed; conidia on a 



stroma 

 n. Stroma erumpent-superficial; conidia 

 in a pycnidium 



Rhagadostoma 

 Bertia 1:581 



Pharcidia 9:676, 17:635 

 Melanopsamma 1:575; 11 



Thaxteria 9:687 



Monopus 24:634 

 Montemartinia 

 Kirschsteinia 22:164 



Dimerinopsis 

 Winterina 



Apiosporina 

 Lasiostemma 24:248 



Neokeissleria 24:747 



Plactogene 



Ascospora 



Melchiora 14:538 

 Endothia 1:601; 12 



Loranthomyces 24:539; 8 



Cyphospilea 



Melanidium 1 :604 



Caudospora 



Melanconis 1:602 



Myrmaeciella 1:600, L 478 



