MycoKey : the genus Lamprospora

Generic short diagnoses: Small, ± orange-red operculate discomycetes with smooth outside and globose to subglobose, ornamented spores. Parasitic on mosses.


Species example:


Lamprospora miniata - DK: mønje-mosbæger - mikro-photograph of asci and spores
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-06.326

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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