MycoKey : the genus Phacidium

Generic short diagnoses: Immersed discomycetes in leaves or needles, opening by irregular rupture of the covering layer to expose greyish to brownish discs; with ± ellipsoid to fusiform, mostly aseptate spores.


Species example:


Phacidium lacerum - DK: nåle-tandskive
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-98.004

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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