MycoKey : the genus Jaapia

Generic short diagnoses: Pale, thin resupinates on wood, typically in damp situations; spores becoming thick-walled, ellipsoid to fusiform, with yellowish contents which may contract leaving the ends hyaline, thick-walled cystidia present.


Species example:


Jaapia argillacea
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
England, JHP-99.152

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