MycoKey : the genus Bryoglossum

Generic short diagnoses: Long stipitate, moss inhabiting discomycetes with a yellow to orange, cylindrical to club-shaped or ellipsoid fertile part and hyaline, 1-septate or non-septate spores.


Species example:


Bryoglossum gracile - DK: "mos-nøkketunge"
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Greenland, HK, TB & JHP 519

The picture originates from the interactive internet version of MycoKey.
Here you will also find a larger picture along with a detailed generic description. The picture is also present on the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.

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