MycoKey : the genus Dennisiodiscus

Generic short diagnoses: A sessile, olivaceous to greyish, inoperculate discomycete on monocots in damp places, with orange to red marginal hairs, ± fusiform, 1-septate spores and a blackish brown textura globulosa.


Species example:


Dennisiodiscus prasinus - DK: sol-gråskive - Paraphyses and 4-spored asci*, ascus tops†, spores producing microconidia*
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
France, HB 3761

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