MycoKey : the genus Durella

Generic short diagnoses: Rather small, sessile, firm gelatinous, mostly blackish, inoperculate discomycetes on wood or woody substrates, with 0 - 7-septate spores.


Species example:


Durella atrocyanea - Fruit-bodies, ascus top, paraphyses, spores
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
Sweden, HB 7336 (type)

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