MycoKey : the species Hyalopeziza corticicola

Generic short diagnoses: Small, sessile to stipitate, inoperculate discomycetes, characterized by cylindrical paraphyses and thick-walled, glassy, amyloid or non-amyloid hairs with a narrow lumen, which retain their glassiness in KOH.


Hyalopeziza corticicola - DK: pors-kugleskive

Hyalopeziza corticicola , pors-kugleskive, Gagelpiekhårkelkje
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-96.186
Hyalopeziza corticicola , pors-kugleskive, Gagelpiekhårkelkje
closeup of hairs
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-96.186

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