| 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. |
Tympanis alnea - DK: elle-læderskive |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-98.084 |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-01.020 |
 section | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-01.020 |
 young fruit bodies | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-07.033 |
 young ascus | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-07.033 |
 asci (with numerous small spores inside) and paraphyses | Illustration and © Hans-Otto Baral 26.4.91 |
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