MycoKey : the genus Bulgaria

Generic short diagnoses: A fairly large, dark coloured, gelatinous, inoperculate discomycete on wood, where four of eight spores in the ascus become lemon-shaped and dark brown with a germ slit.


Species example:


Bulgaria inquinans - DK: afsmittende topsvamp UK: Black Bulgar
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-97.315

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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