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Pesisa Dill, ex. p. Ascomata stipitata v. sessilia , subcupulata, 

 initio conniventi-clausa , subcarnosa , extus glabrescentia , saepe 

 pruinosa v. subtuberculosa (non setosa); excipuli cellulis vesiculosis ; 

 sporidia sphaerica , ellipsoidea v. subfusoidea , levia v. aspera, 

 hyalina. 



Subg. Acetabula (Fuck.). Ascomata crasse stipitata basi 

 stipiteque venoso-sulcata ; sporidia saepius ellipsoidea. 

 [P. Acetabulum Fr.]. 



„ Pustularia Fuck. ex p. (Tarzetta Cooke, Plectania 

 Fuck. ex p.) Ascomata stipitata, extus pustulata, stipite 

 saepius tenui , subinde radicato latente. Sporidia ellip- 

 soidea. [P. Ciborium Vahl.]. 



„ 1 i d e a Fr. Ascomata subsessilia subverticaliter dimidi- 

 ata V. incisa. Sporidia ellipsoidea. [P. ontica Pers.]. 



„ Discina Fr. Ascomata subsessilia mox applanata, sub- 

 undulata, subimmarginata. 



a. Eu-Discina. Sporidia ellipsoidea. [P. r e p a n d a 

 Vahl.]. 



b. Discaria Sacc. Sporidia globosa. [P. lejocarpaCurr.] 



„ P 1 ec t ania Fuck. ex. p. (Rhizopodella Cooke). Ascomata 

 breve stipitata , cupulata , fusca , basi radicanti nigro- 

 strigosa. Sporidia ellipsoidea. [P. melastoma Sow.] 



„ AI curia Fr., Fuck. (Cochlearia C, Plicaria Fuck e. p. 

 Pustularia C. et Fuck. e. p.) Ascomata subsessilia 

 cupulato-cochleata, demum subinde expansa. 



a. Eu-Aleuria. Ascomata majora concava; sporidia 

 ellipsoidea v. oblonga. [P. aurantia Oed.]. 



b. Plicaria Fuck. p. p. Ascomata majora concava; 

 sporidia sphaerica. [P. fulgens Pers.]. 



c. Geoscypha Cooke. Ascomata minora, saepius 

 depressa ; sporidia ellipsoideo-oblonga. [P. violacea 

 Pers.]. 



d. Geoscyphella Sacc. Ascomata minora, saepius de- 

 pressa; sporidia globosa. [P. lob ata B. & C.]. 



„ Galactinia Cooke. Ascomata sessilia cupulata, lacte- 



scentia ; sporidia ellipsoidea. [P. s u c c o s a Berk.]. 

 „ Pyronema Car. Ascomata minora, saepe gregaria, 



depressa, subiculo arachnoideo inserta ; sporidia ellipsoidea. 



[P. omphalodes Bull.]. 

 „ Crouania Fuck. Ascomata minora discreta, depressa 



haud byssiseda; sporidia sphaerica. [P. Crou an i Cooke.]. 

 „ Leucoloma. Fuck. Ascomata Crouaniae; sporidia 



ellipsoidea. [P. leucoloma Hedw.]. 

 „ P u 1 p a r i a Karst. Ascomata obconica , substipitata, 



ceraceo-moUia (caesia) ; sporidia globosa. [P. arctica 



Karst.]. 



Berggrenia Cooke. Ascomata carnosa, obovata, inflata, subsessilia, 

 ad basim plicata, demumque dehiscentia, intus hymenio ascigero 



