CONSPECTUS. XV

†† GYMNOSPERMI naked-seeded, with naked powder or non-reticulated threads.

28. Licea, solitary, sub-round peridium.
29. Tubulina, tube-shaped peridia united into a small tuft.
30. Mucor, stipitate having a stalk, cap-shaped peridia, initially somewhat watery, then opaque, ephemeral.
31. Onygena, dry, persistent, stipitate peridium.
32. Aecidium, aggregated, cylindrical peridia bursting forth from under the epidermis of leaves.
33. Vredo, peridium absent. Sporules round, uniform.
34. Puccinia, peridium absent. Sporules distinct by small septa partitions, tailed.
35. Trichoderma, naked, powder surrounded by a villous hairy covering.
36. Conoplea, compact threads, interspersed with manifest powder.

††† SARCOSPERMI fleshy-seeded, with clear, fleshy fruits.

38. Cyathus, funnel-shaped receptacle, filled with lentil-shaped fruits.

SECOND CLASS.
GYMNOCARPI naked-fruited. Fleshy fungi, bearing (sparse) seeds in an open receptacle (Hymenium fruiting membrane).

FOURTH ORDER.
LYTOTHECII dissolving-cases. The fruiting membrane or hymenium is eventually dissolved into a latex fluid (gelatin).