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B. Perithecia cespitose 



1. Asci 8-spored 



2. Asci many-spored 



C. Perithecia with a subicle or stroma 



1. Perithecia in a subicle 



a. Paraphyses present; not fungicole 



b. Paraphyses lacking; fungicole 



2. Perithecia in a stroma 



a. Stroma elongate, erect 



(1) Asci 8-spored; stroma capitate 



(2) Asci 16-spored; stroma clavate; on insects 



b. Stroma effuse, globose, verruciform or linear 



(1) Asci 8-spored 



(a) Perithecia circinate, valsoid 



(b) Perithecia not circinate, mostly irregular 

 X. Spores globose 



y. Spores not globose 

 (x) Stroma effuse, phyllogenous 

 m. Spores rostrate above 

 n. Spores not rostrate 

 (y) Stroma globoid to verruciform 

 m. Stroma hairy, red; perithecia distinct 

 n. Stroma glabrous, amber-like; perithe- 

 cia loculiform 



(2) Asci many-spored; phyllogenous 



Lisiella 9:945 

 Chilonectria 2:453; 15 



Byssonectria 2:456 

 Peckiella 9:944 



Sphaerostilbella 17:778 

 Podostroma 11:355 



Balzania 16:561 



Battarina 2:533 



Uropolystigma 24:644 

 Polystigma 2:458; 15 



Selinia 2:457 



Succinaria 

 Moelleriella 14:626 



Phaeosporae 



2:459, 9:949, 11:355, 14:626, 16:562, 17:781, 22:449, 24:647 



Spores 1-celled, dark, typically olivaceous to brown 



A. Perithecia separate 



1. Perithecia innate, or finally more or less erum- 



pent 



a. Perithecia more or less hairy; spores with 



mucous sheath 



b. Perithecia glabrous; spores not mucose 



2. Perithecia superficial 



a. Perithecia beaked 



(1) Asci 8-spored 



(2) Asci many-spored 



b. Perithecia not beaked 



(1) Perithecia hairy 



(2) Perithecia glabrous 



(a) Spores globose, warted 



(b) Spores ovoid to oblong, smooth 



B. Perithecia with a subicle or stroma 



1. Perithecia in a subicle 



a. Perithecia beaked 



b. Perithecia not beaked 



2, Perithecia in a stroma 



a. Stroma with sterile crests; surface alveolate 



b. Stroma not crested or alveolate 



Sphaerodermella 22:451 

 Baculospora 9:952 



Melanospora 2:461; 15 

 Scopinella 9:953 



Erythrocarpum 9:950 



Neocosmospora 16:562 

 Sphaerodes 2:460, C 172 



Rhynchomelas 2:461, C 172 

 Sphaeroderma 2:459 



Cerillum 22:454 



