8 (7) Sexual spores, usually 2-4 in number, 

 exogenously produced on basidia . . 

 Basidiomycetes (.Via (.'(bn'.s.sa p. 46) 



KEY TO SPORE GROUPS OF ASCOMYCETES 



Ascospores filiform or slender; more than 10 times as 



long as broad SCOLECOSPORAE (p. 12) 



1 Ascospores not filiform or slender; never more than 10 times as long as broad 2 



2 (/) Ascospores single-celled (nonseptate) AMEROSPORAE (p. 14) 



2 (i) Ascospores two- or more-celled (septate) 3 



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