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8a. Thallus shiny, with dark, shiny prothallus; perithecia conical to wart-sha-
ped, with narrow brown-black spot around ostiole..................................................9
8b. Thallus usually matt and lacking distinct prothallus; perithecia wart-sha-
ped to hemispherical or subglobose, with pale to brown spot around osti-
ole or perithecia uniformely colored......................................................................10
13a. Perithecia wart-shaped, with broad brown spot around ostiole; thallus un-
even, slightly shiny .........................................................................Porina africana
13b. Perithecia wart-shaped to subglobose, with pale to redbrown spot around
ostiole; thallus finely verrucose .................................................. Porina subnucula
15a. Perithecia wart-shaped, with dark brown spot around ostiole .......Porina imitatrix
15b. Perithecia lens-shaped, with black spot around ostiole ...............Porina mastoidea
17a. Perithecia with brown-black spot around ostiole; thallus usually with
shiny, dark prothallus; isidia sometimes present ...................................................18
17b. Perithecia with orange-red to red-brown spot around ostiole; thallus
lacking prothallus; isidia always absent; ascospores variously septate .................19
27a. Perithecia with dark spot around ostiole; dark shiny prothallus usually
present; ascospores 10-15 um broad ......................................................................28
27b. Perithecia lacking dark spot; dark prothallus usually absent; ascospores
15-20 um broad ......................................................................................................30
28a. Perithecia with grey-brown spot and pale ring around ostiole and often
with radiate cracks; thallus rough, as if pseudocyphellate; ascospores 70-
100 um long ................................................................ Porina “pseudocyphellata”
28b. Perithecia with broad black spot around ostiole; thallus shiny; ascospores
60-85 um long ........................................................................................................29
30a. Thallus coarsely verrucose, often with white prothallus; ascospores 60-85
um long ....................................................................................... Porina “areolata”
30b. Thallus smooth, lacking prothallus; ascospores 80-100 um long .Porina “elegans”
31a. Thallus shiny, with dark, shiny prothallus, smooth to uneven; perithecia
lens-shaped to hemispherical ..................................................... Porina eminentior
31b. Thallus usually matt and lacking prothallus, often finely verrucose;
perithecia hemispherical to subglobose .................................................................32