MycoKey : the genus Ramgea

Generic short diagnoses: A reduced discomycsete consisting of minute bundles of asci forming pale dots ('apothecia'), and with transversly ornamented spores, small asci and capitate paraphyses. On faeces of birds (pheasant).


Species example:


Ramgea annulispora - asus with ring structure in toluidine blue
Photo and © J. van Brummelen
The Netherlands, 11.3.1990 (type)

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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