MycoKey : the genus Arachnopeziza

Generic short diagnoses: Sessile, inoperculate discomycetes on wood or litter originating from trees, often seated on an arachnoid subiculum, with cylindrical to narrowing, septate hairs and in most species with septate spores.


Species example:


Arachnopeziza obtusipila
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-03.304

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