28 SPHAERIACEAE 



II. Perithecia upon or within a stroma or subicle 



1. Perithecia beaked Glomerella i6: 452, 17: 573 



2. Perithecia not beaked 



a. Perithecia immersed in a subicle Scortechinia A 68, 9: 604 



b. Perithecia in or upon a stroma 



(i) Stroma radiate, phyllogenous Trabutia i : 449 



(2) Stroma not radiate, usually caulicole 



(a) Necks of perithecia wanting, stroma disk-like 



Botryosphaeria i: 456 

 (incl. Gibellia A 406, g : 608 and 

 Coutinia 17: 589) 



(b) Necks of perithecia present, stroma valsiform 



Cryptosporella i: 466 

 (incl. Diaporthopsis 9:610) 

 Phaeosporae 

 l: 214, 9: 481, 11: 278, 14: 489, 16: 427, 17: 593 

 Spores i-celled, colored, usually yellowish or brown, ovoid, oblong or fusoid 

 I. Perithecia separate, at least without a stroma 



1. Covered, often erumpent 



a. Asci i-spored Haplosporium A 40, g: 495 



b. Asci 4-8-spored 



(i) Perithecia covered by the blackened adhering epiderm 



Anthostomella i: 278 



(2) Perithecia erumpent with a stellate volva 



Astrocystis i : 293 



c. Asci many-spored 



(i) Spores smooth Miillerella A 40, g: 4g5 



(2) Spores verrucose Mesnieria 16:440 



2. Superficial or subsuperficial 



a. Perithecia long-beaked 



(i) Spores lunulate; fimicole Micrascus A :37, 9: 483 



(2) Spores globose to elliptic ; not fimicole 



Ceratostoma i: 215 



b. Perithecia not beaked 



(l) Perithecia submembranous 



(a) Spores with a mucous sheath or tail; usually fimicole 

 X. Asci 4-8-spored 



(x) Spores with a hyaline tail or cauda 



Sordaria i: 230 

 (y) Spores with a mucous sheath 

 m. Perithecia sparse Hypocopra i : 240 



n. Perithecia densely aggregate, almost stroma-like 



Coprolepa i: 2^8 

 y. Asci many-spored, spores usually caudate 



Philocopra i: 249 



(b) Spores without mucous sheath or tail 



X. Perithecia with simple setae, asci persistent 



Helminthosphaeria i : 230 



