MycoKey : the genus Chlorociboria

Generic short diagnoses: Short stipitate, cup- to tongue-shaped, rather fragile, ± green, inoperculate discomycetes on wood or herbaceous stems, with 0-1-septate spores.


Species example:


Chlorociboria aeruginascens - UK: Green Elfcup
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Sweden, JHP-99.295

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