MycoKey : the genus Lachnellula

Generic short diagnoses: Sessile to stipitate, sometimes parasitic, inoperculate discomycetes on conifers with orange to yellow hymenium, cylindrical paraphyses and long white or brownish hairs, which are flexuous, rough, and rather thick-walled.


Species example:


Lachnellula flavovirens - fruit-body, hairs, paraphyses, asci, bases, ascus top (lugol), spores
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
Germany, HB 5757

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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