MycoKey : the genus Aleuria

Generic short diagnoses: Small to large, orange operculate discomycetes with paler outside, and with reticulate to crested spores and whitish, hyphoid hairs. Mostly on soil.


Species example:


Aleuria bicucullata - DK: jomfruhår-orangebæger - spores
Photo and © Henry Dissing
Denmark, 1979

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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