MycoKey : the species Octospora rubens

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


Octospora rubens

Octospora rubens
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-96.231

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