MycoKey : the genus Dermea

Generic short diagnoses: Sessile to short stipitate, dark brown to black, ± convex, inoperculate discomycetes on deciduous trees and shrubs, mostly in clusters, with large, ± ellipsoid, 1-3-septate spores and a brown textura angularis to globulosa.


Species example:


Dermea cerasi - DK: kirsebær-klyngeskive - Asci (lugol), ascus base, paraphyses, spores, conidia (all †)
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
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