MycoKey : the genus Orbilia

Generic short diagnoses: Sessile, waxy-semitranslucent, often yellowish, orange or pinkish discomycetes with narrow, ± stipitate, truncate asci and a pale textura globolosa to angularis.


Species example:


Orbilia delicatula - asci and paraphyses*, ascus top, spores*
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
Spain, HB 7124

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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