| Generic short diagnoses: Small, greyish, brown or blackish, inoperculate discomycetes on monocots, erumpent through a slit or by lifting a lid, 0-1-septate spores, a brown excipulum and in some species thin-walled, ± septate hairs. |
Species example: |
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 Hysteronaevia scirpina - fruit-bodies, hairs, ascus†, ascus tops†(lugol), paraphyses†, spores† |
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral Germany, HB 3264 |
The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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