MycoKey : the genus Cheilymenia

Generic short diagnoses: Small, yellow to orange cupulate-discoid operculate discomycetes with hyaline to brownish setose hairs on the outside. Spores aguttulate, often with a loosening perispore in cotton-blue. On dung, soil or various debris.


Species example:


Cheilymenia striata - DK: glat hårbæger - spores with obscure striation
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-05.317

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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