MycoKey : the genus Microstoma

Generic short diagnoses: Small to medium, long stipitate, fasciculate operculate discomycete with denticulate, orange margin and a orange-red disc. On buried wood in winter and spring.


Species example:


Microstoma protractum - DK: knippebæger
Photo and © Pekka Heinonen
Finland, 5.5.1994

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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