MycoKey : the genus Capitotricha

Generic short diagnoses: Sesssile to stipitate, inoperculate discomycetes in non-coniferous habitats with orange to yellow hymenium, lanceolate paraphyses and long white hairs, which are flexuous, rough, and rather thick-walled.


Species example:


Capitotricha bicolor - DK: prægtig frynseskive - Frb., section, excipulum, hairs, spores, asci and paraphyses
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
Germany, HB 1792

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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