MycoKey : the genus Ascozonus

Generic short diagnoses: Minute, whitish, downy discomycetes on dung with characteristic multi-spored asci cracking longitudinally to a circular ring structure. Most common during winter.


Species example:


Ascozonus woolhopensis - protruding asci
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-06.040

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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