MycoKey : the genus Trichophaea

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.


Species example:


Trichophaea woolhopeia
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-92.107

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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