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NATURAL HISTORY BULLETIN. 



e — Spores at last 2-4-celled. 



f — Receptacle sessile; rarely crowded, 



on ground .... Belonium 



f — Receptacle stipitate; stems united, 

 g — Apothecium waxy ; stein short 



delicate .... Belonioscvpha 



g — Apothecium waxy thick; stem 



thick ..... II clot in m 



d — Spores linear. 



e — Receptacle sessile . . . Gorgoniceps 



e — Receptacle stipitate . . . Pocillum 



A — Receptacle cartilaginous or gelatinous, 

 b — Spores at last 1 -celled. 



c — Receptacle at first spherical, sessile, at last 



stipitate, small ..... Stamnavia 



c — Receptacle stipitate from first, spherical, 



then cup- shaped, larger . . . Ombrophila 



b — Spores at last several-celled . . . Coryne 



MOI^IJSIACE^ 



A — Receptacle fleshy-waxy or rarely membranous, 

 b — Receptacle from the first free on the substratum, 

 c — Seated on a conspicuous web of hyphae. 



d — Spores at length 1 -celled . . Tapcsia 



d — Spores many- celled, linear . . Trichobelonium 



c — Not seated on a web of hypha . 

 d — Spores at length 1 -celled. 



e — Spores spherical .... Mo/lisiil/a 



e — Spores elongate .... Dlollisia 



d — Spores at last 2-celled . . . Niptera 



d — Spores fusiform, 4- to many-celled . Belonidiiim 



d — Spores linear many-celled . . Belonopsis 



b — Receptacle at first immersed in the substratum, 

 then erumpent. 

 b — Bright colored, only slightly erumpent. 



d — Spores at last only 1 -celled . . Pseudopcrjirja 



d — Spores at last many-celled . . Fabrcea 



c — Dark colored and strongly erumpent. 

 d — Spores at last 1 -celled. 



e — Externally beset with spines . Pirottcca 



e — Externally smooth-margined, at most, 

 d — Spores many-celled . . . Bcloniella 



A — Receptacle cartilaginous, horny when dry. 



b — Spores at last 1 -celled .... Orbilia 



b — Spores at last 2-4-celled . . . Calloria 



