Revisions of Some Plant Phyla > 17 



Family 40. Endomycetaceae. Parasitic or saprophytic, the 

 asci single, not clustered in masses or cushions. Eremascus, En- 

 domyces. (Pf. I, i, 154-) 



Order Pezizales. Cup Fungi. True fungi, saprophytic or 

 parasitic, with a braching filamentous mycelium ; apothecia at first 

 usually spherical and closed, later opening, cup-shaped, fleshy, or 

 more or less leathery. 



Family 41. Pyronemataceae. Apothecia fleshy, open from the 

 first, convex. Pyronema. (Pf. I, i, 178.) 



Family 42. Pezizaceae. Apothecia fleshy, at first spherical and 

 closed, later open, concave, sessile, or stalked. Lachnea, Pezisa. 

 (Pf. I, I, 178.) 



Family 43. Ascobolaceae. Apothecia fleshy, at first spherical 

 and closed, later open, concave ; asci opening by a lid, when ripe 

 escaping from the apothecium. Ascoholus. (Pf. I, i, 188.) 



Family 44. Helotiaceae. Apothecia fleshy, mostly open from 

 the first, usually stalked; asci not opening by a lid. Sarcoscypha, 

 Sderotinia, Dasyscypha, Helotiiim. (Pf. I, i, 193.) 



Family 45. Mollisiaceae. Apothecia fleshy, open from the first, 

 sessile; asci not opening by a lid. Mollisia, Pyrcnopeziza. (Pf. 

 I, I, 210.) 



Family 46. Celidiaceae. Apothecia leathery, dusky or light- 

 colored, roundish, without a peridium. Lecidiopsis, Celidium. 

 (Pf. I, I, 218.) Some of the species are very closely related to 

 such lichen-forming fungi as Arthonia. 



Family 47. Patellariaceae. Apothecia leathery or corneous, 

 free from the first, usually dark-colored, hemispherical or elon- 

 gated, cup-shaped or plate-shaped, with a peridium. Patellaria, 

 Biatorella. (Pf. I, i, 221.) 



Family 48. Cenangiaceae. Apothecia leathery or carbona- 

 ceous, at first sunken, usually dark-colored, at first round and 

 closed, later open, cup-shaped, with a peridium. Cenangium, 

 Derrnatea, Bulgaria. (Pf. I, i, 231.) 



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