“…The separation of these major groups, based on molecular sequence analysis, is corroborated by classifications based on presence or absence of xylose in cell hydrolysates and septal morphology (Swann and Taylor, 1995; Other molecular techniques 273 Wells, 1995;Mclaughlin et aI., 1995 To illustrate the results of sequence analyses ( Fig. 12.4 eriophori has a thin-walled metabasidium (Doubles and McLaughlin, 1992). Hyalopycnis blepharistoma, in contrast, is a terrestrial plant and litter saprophyte that produces a pycnidium with tetraradiate basidiospores (Oberwinkler et al, 1990).…”