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ceae ; but, as stated above, the differentiation of the interior into 

 sterile avenues and fertile fields does not admit of its location 

 in that family. Furthermore, the envelop of the fruit body in 

 the Gymnoascaceae is arachnoid, while the envelop of our plant, 

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not only a new generic type, but also the type of a new family- 

 These may be characterized as follows : 



EOTERFEZIACEAE Atkinson, n. fam.— Fruit bodies with 

 a thin but distinct wall of closely interlaced hyphae. Interior 

 with sterile avenues connected with the wall and separating the 

 fertile areas where the asci are irregularly arranged. 



EOTERFEZIA Atkinson, n. gen.— Fruit bodies subglobose, 

 minute, fleshy, with a distinct but very thin, undifferentiated wall» 

 smooth or slightly hairy. Interior of fruit body with sterile 

 avenues radiating from the base and branching until they unite 

 with the wall. Fertile areas lying between containing the asci 



