2 (/) Apical appendages short, caplike or cup-shaped; equatorial 

 ones 3 or 4 in number, crescent-shaped, and more or less 

 rigid H. mediosetigera -i 



2 (/) Apical appendages long, narrow, flexible; equatorial ones similetr, era colleirlikeannulus 3 



3 (2) Equatorial appendages 3 or 4, narrow 



and flexible H. appendiculata 



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3 (2) Equatorial appendage a collarlike annulus 



. H. torquata 



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4 (/) Ascospores with a single appendage at one or both apices; these caplike or subspherical, ter- 

 minal or subterminal, blunt, tapering or scooplike 5 



4 (/) Ascospores with two to several appendages at each apex; these fingerlike, stellate, mustache- 

 shaped, hooked, or pleomorphic 



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