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PEZIZALES 



(a) Apothecia with a milky juice 



(b) Apothecia without milky juice 

 X. Apothecia on a subicle 



y. Apothecia not on a subicle 

 (x) Apothecia leathery, black 

 (y) Apothecia fleshy, not black 

 m. Apothecia sunken, deeply and radi- 



ately lobed, very large 

 n. Apothecia superficial, not lobed 

 B. Asci not turning blue with iodin 



1. Apothecia ear-like, cleft on one side 



2. Apothecia not ear-like 

 a. Spores globose 



(1) Apothecia substipitate, parasitic 



(2) Apothecia sessile, terrestrial 



Galactinia 8:106; 35 

 Melachroia R 997 

 Urnula 8:548, R 999; 35 



Sarcosphaera R 1019; 35 

 Peziza 8:73, R 1000; 35 



Otidea 8:94, R 1023; 34 



Pitya 8:209, R 925; 34 

 Lamprospora 8:105, 111, R 927; 

 34 



Macropodia 8:158, R 984; 34 



Spores elliptic to fusoid 



(1) Apothecia stalked 



(a) Stalk narrow, cylindric, mealy-rough 



(b) Stalk mostly short and thick, not mealy 



X. Stalk deeply furrowed, large and thick Acetabula 8:59, R 981 ; 34 

 y. Stalk smooth or slightly furrowed at 

 most 



(x) Apothecia persistently cup-shaped 



(y) Apothecia finally open and flat 



(2) Apothecia sessile 



(a) Spores reticulate 



(b) Spores smooth or rough, but not reticu- 



late 



X. Apothecia on a subicle; exciple obso- 

 lescent 



y. Apothecia not on a subicle; exciple 

 present 



Geopyxis 8:63, R 971; 34 

 Discina 8:99, R 976; 34 



Aleuria R 968; 34 



Pyronema 8:107; 34 

 Humaria 8:118, R 934; 34 



A 

 B 



Phaeosporae 



Spores 1-cellcd, dark or brownish, globose to fusoid 



Spores globose Phaeopezia 8:471, R 995 

 Spores ellipsoid 



1. Apothecia stalked Podaleuris 18:88, 24:1208 



2. Apothecia sessile Aleurina 18:88 



Subfamily Scutelliniae 



Apothecia hairy or setose 



Hyalosporae 



Spores 1-celled, hyaline, globose to fusoid 

 A. Spores globose 



1. Apothecia on a subiculum, white-hairy; exciple 



obsolescent Pyronemella 8:194, R 1038 



2. Apothecia not on a subiculum; exciple present 



a. Apothecia dark tq black, more or less strigose 



at base Pseudoplectania 8:165, R 1039; 



35 



b. Apothecia bright-colored, hairy or setose Sphaerospora 8:188, R 1037; 35 



