MycoKey : the genus Unguiculariopsis

Generic short diagnoses: Small, sessile, fungicoulus or lichenicolous, inoperculate discomycetes with cylindrical paraphyses and thick-walled to solid, glassy, often curved or hooked, non-amyloid hairs.


Species example:


Unguiculariopsis thallophila - fruit-bodies, hairs, spores*
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
USA (Colorado), HB 6029

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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