| Generic short diagnoses: An immersed, pear-shaped, inoperculate discomycete in wood, with erumpent neck, visible as a a circular disc opening by a slit, with very long, filiform, multi-septate spores. |
Species example: |
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 Ostropa barbara - fruit-bodies, ascus tops†, part of spore |
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral France, HB 6047 |
The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
Here you will also find a larger picture along with a detailed generic description, references and an interactive, synoptical key to genera.