MycoKey : the genus Ascodesmis

Generic short diagnoses: Tiny 'operculate discomycetes' (?) consisting of hyaline bundles of asci with ornamented, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, non-amyloid spores. On dung.


Species example:


Ascodesmis nana
Photo and © Roy Kristiansen
Norway, 29/9 2002

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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