MycoKey : the genus Brunnipila

Generic short diagnoses: Subsessile to stipitate, inoperculate discomycetes, mostly on stems, leaves or cupules, with brown, rough, marginal hairs, non-septate spores and lanceolate paraphyses.


Species example:


Brunnipila clandestina - DK: hindbær-frynseskive - Fruitbodies, hairs, spores, asci, ascus tops† (lugol), paraphyse
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
Switzerland, HB 2920

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