MycoKey : the genus Calloria

Generic short diagnoses: Broadly attached, orange, inoperculate discomycetes on herbaceous stems, with ± ellipsoid to cylindrical, 1-3-septate spores and a hyaline textura angularis to prismatica.


Species example:


Calloria neglecta - DK: nælde-orangeskive - Paraphyses, asci and spores
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
Germany, 6.4.87

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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