MycoKey : the genus Dactylospora

Generic short diagnoses: Erumpent or superficial, ± tough, reddish, brown or blackish, lecanoraloid discomycetes on wood, stems, corticioids and lichen, with ellipsoid, smooth or ornamented, hyaline to brown, 1- 7-septate spores and thick asci with amyloid slime coats.


Species example:


Dactylospora sp.
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-99.236

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