MycoKey : the genus Patinellaria

Generic short diagnoses: A small, sessile, ± firm, red to reddish brown or blackish, inoperculate discomycete on buff to reddish subiculum on hardwood, with ellipsoid to clavate, aseptate spores.


Species example:


Patinellaria sanguinea
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
HB 4687

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