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I. — Discomycetes. (Plate VI, B, 0, D and fig. 4.) 



Fig. 4. — Sarcosoma Moelleri. 



Light-coloured small cups or bowls from 1 mm to several cm in 

 diameter, or upright ears, or finally with a distinct stalk. The 

 asci with the spores are not included in receptacles, but distributed 

 over the whole fertile, mostly coloured surface. 



In the family Geoglossacea3 this surface does not present the 

 usual cup-shaped form, but reminds one of the club-shaped ^^body 

 of Xylarias. 



Characters to be 'noted. — Colour, dimensions, pubescence. 



II. — PyrenoTyiycetes . 



1. Perpsporiales and Microthyriales. (Fig. 5, 6 and Plate 

 VII, A.) 



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Fig. 5. — Single threads and 

 young perithecia 

 of an Asterina 

 (enlarged). 



Fig. 6. — Vizella Urvilleana. 

 a. natural size. 

 i. two perithecia enlarged. 



