MycoKey : the genus Olla

Generic short diagnoses: Small, sessile, sometimes barrel-shaped, inoperculate discomycetes with cylindrical paraphyses and solid, glassy, amyloid-dextrinoid hairs, which retain their glassiness in KOH.


Species example:


Olla millepunctata - DK: almindelig kugleskive
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
Germany, HB 2879

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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