MycoKey : the genus Tympanis

Generic short diagnoses: Tough and ± gelatinized, solitary or fasciculate, greyish to blackish, inoperculate discomycetes on (attached) twigs, with spores forming secondary spores within the asci.


Species example:


Tympanis alnea - DK: elle-læderskive
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-98.084

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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