INOPERCULATE DISCOMYCETES : ascus unitunicate and inoperculate. three orders: Helotiales; Phacidiales; Ostropales.

• Helotiales: ascocarp epigeous, an apothecium, not imbedded in host tissue; ascus inoperculate, unitunicate, and with an amyloid apical sphincter; families dermeataceae, helotiaceae, hyaloscyphaceae, geoglossaceae, sclerotiniaceae
  • Hyaloscyphaceae: ascocarps with hairs on the walls; hymenium often bright colored; ascospores ellipsoid; paraphyses often in the shape of lances; apothecium often with hairs.

Dasyscyphus virgineus: common on woody debris and cones; note white hairs on edge of stipitate apothecium

classification system (places icons into orders)

index to genera/species