MycoKey : the genus Ascocoryne

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:


Ascocoryne turficola
Photo and © Jan Vesterholt
Finland, JV05-458a

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