MycoKey : the genus Naeviopsis

Generic short diagnoses: Small, inoperculate discomycetes on leaves or stems, erumpent though a ± star-like opening to expose whitish, yellowish to reddish discs, with 0-1-septate spores and a thick-walled, pale textura angularis to prismatica.


Species example:


Naeviopsis tithymalina - fruit-bodies, ascus tops† (lugol, KOH+lugol), spores*
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
Switzerland, HB 6368

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