MycoKey : the genus Lophodermium

Generic short diagnoses: Immersed discomycetes in various substates, developed under elongate, black, stromatic tissue, opening by a slit to expose greyish to brownish discs; with cylindrical to filiform, aseptate spores.


Species example:


Lophodermium pinastri - DK: fyrre-fureplet UK: Pine Needle Split
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-94.274

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