Pilularia L.

2. Pilularia L. View in CoL 1

Leaves filiform, subulate, entire. Sporocarps globose, blackish, with brown hairs, 2- or 4-chambered, dehiscent into as many valves as chambers.

Commonly semi-aquatic, but submerged and terrestrial forms, usually sterile, also occur.

Sporocarps c. 3 mm in diameter, erect, subsessile, 4-chambered;

leaves usually 5 cm or more 1. globulifera Sporocarps c. 0-75 mm in diameter, deflexed, long-stalked,

2-chambered; leaves usually 4 cm or less 2. minuta