CAKN'OSAE. 393 



CAEN06AE. 



Barlaea. 



A. Spares globose. 

 * Spores hyaline. 



** Spores coloured. 



Sphaerosoma. Ascophore persisteutly subglobose, 

 wrinkled. 



Curreyella. Ascophore plane, even. 



B. Spores elliptical or fusiform. 



* Spwes septate. 

 Masseea. 



** Spores ctmtinuous. 



f Ascophore sessile or suhsessile. 



Humaria. Ascophore small, rarely 1 cm. across, fleshy, 

 sessile on a broad base. 



Feziza. Ascophore large, 2-10 cm., fleshy, scurfy 

 outside. 



Otidea. Ascophore elongated and split down one side, 

 or vertically incurved and very wavy. 



*• Ascophore stipitate ; stem stout and longitudinally grooved. 

 Acetabula. 



C. Ascophore sessile, expanded and crustlike or discoid from the 

 first ; fixed hy rhizoids or fibrils springing from the under 

 surface; spores hyaline, continuous, elliptical or fusiform. 



Bhizina. 



