MycoKey : the genus Pithya

Generic short diagnoses: Small to medium, orange-yellow operculate discomycetes with disc-shaped apothecia and globose spores. On Abies or Juniperus twigs.


Species example:


Pithya cupressina - DK: lille dukatbæger
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-97.022

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