MycoKey : the genus Lachnum

Generic short diagnoses: Sessile to stipitate, hairy, mostly whitish or pale pinkish to orange coloured, inoperculate discomycetes with ± hyaline, entirely rough, septate hairs and mostly lanceolate, protruding paraphyses.


Species example:


Lachnum clavigerum - DK: krystal-frynseskive
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-03.025

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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