MycoKey : the genus Smardaea

Generic short diagnoses: Small, cup-shaped, dark wine red operculate discomycetes with fusiform, strongly ornamented spores. On sandy soil.


Species example:


Smardaea planchonis - Not known from Northern Europe
Photo and © Michel Hairaud
France

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