MycoKey : the genus Coccomyces

Generic short diagnoses: Immersed discomycetes in twigs or leaves of deciduous trees or shrubs, opening by teeth to expose greyish to buffish or yellowish discs; with clavate, filiform or sigmoid spores.


Species example:


Coccomyces coronatus - DK: krone-tandskive - Ascus*, paraphyses*, spores*
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Germany, HB 3242

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