MycoKey : the species Potebniamyces pyri

Generic short diagnoses: A small, inoperculate discomycete, developed in stromata beneath the bark of branches of pear or apple, splitting the stroma into lobes to expose dark grey discs; with ellipsoid, aseptate spores and a brown excipulum.


Potebniamyces pyri
fruit-bodies, margin, asci and paraphyses, ascus tops, spores (diff. enlargments

Potebniamyces pyri
fruit-bodies, margin, asci and paraphyses, ascus tops, spores (diff. enlargments
Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral
Germany, HB 4021

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