MycoKey : the genus Caloscypha

Generic short diagnoses: A medium sized, orange, cupulate operculate discomycete with greenish-blue outer surface, globose spores and tapering paraphyses. In spring on the ground with Abies.


Species example:


Caloscypha fulgens - DK: jadebæger UK: Golden Cup
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Germany

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