87(86) Apothecia with a few, but obvious, setae. Spores 9 × 7µm or larger. 88 - Apothecia without setae. Spores ellipsoid, 6-9 × 3.5-4µm. 89 88(87) Spores ellipsoid, 9-11 × 7-9µm. Setae up to 600µm long. _Trichobolus zukalii_ - Spores subglobose, 11-12 × 10-11µm. Setae up to 300µm long. _Trichobolus sphaerosporus_ (fig. 11) 89(87) Apothecia and asci large, 170-250µm diam. _Thelebolus stercoreus_ (fig. 12) - Apothecia and asci small, rarely above 80-90µm diam. _Thelebolus nanus_ (fig. 13) 90(77) Asci 16(-24)-spored. Spores not closely aggregated into an imbricated mass, 13-14 × 6µm (8-9 × 4µm)[1]. Apothecial hairs rough, subulate. _Ascozonus parvisporus_ - Asci with 32 or more spores. 91 91(90) Asci 32-spored. Spores 16.5-18 × 4.5-5µm (11-12 × 3-3.5µm)[1]. Apothecia with a single row of sharp, pointed, roughened hairs. _Ascozonus crouanii_ - Asci more than 32-spored. 92 92(91) Asci 48-spored. Spores spindle-shaped, 12-14.5 × 2.5-4µm. _Ascozonus leveillei_ - Asci more than 48-spored. 93 93(92) Asci 64-spored. 94 - Asci more than 64-spored. 95 94(93) Apothecia with a short base of globose cells, with minutely roughened marginal hairs up to 30 × 8µm. Spores elliptic-fusoid, 12-14 × 3-5µm. _Ascozonus woolhopensis_ (figs 14, 15) - Apothecia sessile, with aseptate smooth hairs. Spores 21 × 7.5µm (13-14 × 4.5-5µm)[1]. _Ascozonus cunicularis_ [Illustration: FIG. 11. _Trichobolus sphaerosporus_, apothecium.] [Illustration: FIG. 12. _Thelebolus stercoreus_, apothecium.] [Illustration: FIG. 13. _T. nanus_, mature and immature apothecia, and detail of ascus dehiscence.] [Illustration: FIG. 14. _Ascozonus woolhopensis_, apothecium and apothecial hair.] [Illustration: FIG. 15. _A. woolhopensis_, ascus with spores and detail of dehiscence.] 95(93) Apothecia with a short base of globose cells, with short, irregular hairs. Asci 64-96-spored Spores elliptic-fusoid, 14-14.5 × 5-5.5µm (10-15 × 3.5-4µm)[1]. _Ascozonus leveillanus_ - Apothecia sessile, dotted with hairs in connate groups of 2-3. Asci with 128 or more spores. Spores 10 × 5µm (7 × 3.5µm)[1]. _Ascozonus subhirtus_
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