| Generic short diagnoses: Solitary or fasciculate, gelatinous, mostly lilac to purple, inoperculate discomycetes on wood or stems, with 0-5-septate spores, which in some species form secondary spores. |
Species example: |
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 Ascocoryne cylichnium - DK: stor sejskive - ascus top† (lugol), ascus bases, paraphyses, live spores with microconidia |
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral Germany, HB 6768/6792 |
The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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