92 



ASCOBOLACEAE— CORDIERITACEAE 



Family 48. ASCOBOLACEAE 



Rehm 1078 



Apothecia superficial, typically fimicole, scutellate to disciform, fleshy or waxy 

 or gelatinous; asci mostly broad and clavate, projecting above the hymenium at maturity. 



Subfamily Ascophanae 



Spores colorless 



I. Hymenium within an exciple 



1. Asci 4- or 8-spored 



a. Spores globose 

 (i) Asci 4-spored 

 (2) Asci 8-spored 



b. Spores elliptic to fusoid; asci 8-spored 

 (i) Apothecia smooth 

 (2) Apothecia hairy or setose 



(a) Spores smooth 



(b) Spores spiny 



2. Asci i6-many-spored 



a. Asci many 

 (i) Apothecia fimbriate with delicate hairs; asci 32-spored 



Streptotheca 10:34 

 (2) Apothecia not hairy ; asci i6-many-spored 



Rhyparobius R. 1099 



b. Ascus one Thelebolus R. 1106 



II. Hymenium without an exciple ; asci many-spored 



Zukalina R. 1108 



Boudierella 14: 792 

 Cubonia 8: 527 



Ascophanus R. 1085, 8:528 



Lasiobolus R. 1096, 8: 536 

 Aphanascus 10: 35 



I. Spores globose 



II. Spores elliptic to fusoid 



1. Spores in a gelatinous mass in ascus 



2. Spores free in the ascus 



a. Apothecia smooth 



(i) Exciple present, normal 

 (2) Exciple lacking 



b. Apothecia hairy or ciliate 



Subfamily Ascobolae 

 Spores colored 



Boudiera R. 1113, 8: 512 



Saccobolus R. 1115, 8:524 



Ascobolus R. 1120, 8: 514 

 Ascodesmis 8: 824 

 Dasybolus 11:421 



Family 49. CORDIERITACEAE 



8: 81Q, 16: 803 



Apothecia suberose or corneo-carbonous, superficial, ramose-stipitate, arising at 

 the tips of the branches, finally cup-like and open; asci terete-clavate, 6-8-spored; 

 spores I- or 2-celled, mostly hyaline. 



I. Spores l-celled, hyaline ; stipe much branched above, horny-carbonous 



Cordierites 8:810 



