MycoKey : the species Plectania melastoma

Generic short diagnoses: Medium sized, blackish operculate discomycetes with orange-brown, felty margin and outside. On coniferous debris in late spring. Plectania melastoma - DK: rustbæger Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.080 Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.080 Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.080 Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.080 closeup of margin Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-99.180 Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, 1999 Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen England, 1999 ascus with spores Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.080 spores Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.080 marginal hairs Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.080 asci, spores, fruit-bodies Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral Germany

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