MycoKey : the genus Cistella

Generic short diagnoses: Sessile to short stipitate, unicoloured, inoperculate discomycetes on all sort of substates, characterized by short hairs which are distinctly rough in their apical part, but usually not entirely.


Species example:


Cistella aconiti - Hairs, paraphyses and asci, ascus top, spores
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
Hungary, HB 7400 (type)

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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