| Generic short diagnoses: Small, sessile, sometimes barrel-shaped, inoperculate discomycetes with cylindrical paraphyses and thick-walled, glassy, non-amyloid hairs, which loose their glassiness in 5 % KOH. |
Species example: |
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 Urceolella tetraspora - fruit-body, hairs, ascus, spores (all †) |
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral HB 4353 |
The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
Here you will also find a larger picture along with a detailed generic description, references and an interactive, synoptical key to genera.