MycoKey : the genus Verpa

Generic short diagnoses: Medium sized to large operculate discomycetes with a smooth to wrinkled, bell-shaped fertile head on a stipe. On soil in spring.


Species example:


Verpa bohemica - DK: rynket klokkemorkel - asci and spores
Photo and © Henry Dissing
Denmark, 1992

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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