MycoKey : the genus Thelebolus

Generic short diagnoses: Minute, brownish discomycete with either one large or several smaller asci cracking open at maturity. On dung during winter


Species example:


Thelebolus stercoreus - DK: "mangesporet småbæger" - microphoto
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-97.074

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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