MycoKey : the genus Byssonectria

Generic short diagnoses: Small, gregarious, yellow-orange operculate discomycetes with ± fusiform, smooth spores. On substrates enriched by urine of elk or deer.


Species example:


Byssonectria terrestris - DK: hjortebæger
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-97.083

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