| Generic short diagnoses: Broadly attached, blackish, inoperculate discomycetes on hardwood, with 1-5-septate spores and a hyaline prismatica textura terminating in chains of globose elements. |
Species example: |
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 Patellariopsis atrovinosa - excipulum, spores, ascus, paraphyses, ascus tops† (lugol), ascus base |
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The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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