MycoKey : the genus Sclerotinia

Generic short diagnoses: Stipitate, ± brown, inoperculatae discomycetes, with an outer excipulum of globose to angular cells, mostly arising from well defined sclerotia, often in soil among roots.


Species example:


Sclerotinia sclerotiorum - DK: storknoldet knoldskive
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-98.030

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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