MycoKey : the genus Kotlabaea

Generic short diagnoses: Minute, yellowish, barrel-shaped operculate discomycetes with ellipsoid, smooth, aguttulate spores and no hairs. On moist soil.


Species example:


Kotlabaea deformis - ascus, spores and paraphyses
Photo and © Piotr Perz, »wwkk.mikologia.pl«
Poland - 16/7 2006

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
Here you will also find a larger picture along with a detailed generic description, references and an interactive, synoptical key to genera.

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