MycoKey : the genus Coprotus

Generic short diagnoses: Tiny, whitish to yellowish discomycetes on dung with smooth, ellipsoid, hyaline, one-guttulate spores and protruding non-amyloid asci.


Species example:


Coprotus sexdecimsporus
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-99.047

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
Here you will also find a larger picture along with a detailed generic description, references and an interactive, synoptical key to genera.

what is MycoKey? | borrow pictures? | list of genera |MycoKey home