MycoKey : the genus Drepanopeziza

Generic short diagnoses: Immersed or erumpent, orange to brown, inoperculate discomycetes on leaves of deciduous trees and shrubs, with ellipsoid, 1-septate spores and a brown textura globulosa.


Species example:


Drepanopeziza verrucispora - Frb., section of margin, paraphyses and asci*, ascus tops, spores*
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
Germany, HB 4438

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