| Generic short diagnoses: Small, reddish-orange apothecia with brownish, adpressed, thick-walled hairs and ± reticulate, aguttulate spores. Mainly on soil. |
Melastiza contorta |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-08.174 |
 closeup | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-08.174 |
 spores, asci and paraphyses | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-08.174 |
 paraphyses | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-08.174 |
 ascus top | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-08.174 |
 marginal hairs | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-08.174 |
 spores | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-08.174 |
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