MycoKey : the species Trichophaea hemisphaerioides
Generic short diagnoses: Small, flat to cup-shaped, buff to grey operculate discomycetes with isodiametric cells at the margin and rather short (40-750 µm) haris on the outside. Spores ± ellipsoid, smooth to oramented. On debris, dung and soil.
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