MycoKey : the genus Saccobolus

Generic short diagnoses: Tiny, spherical to disc-shaped operculate discomycetes with a hymenium dotted by dark, clustered spores in protruding, amyloid asci. On dung.


Species example:


Saccobolus sp.
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-96.006

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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