MycoKey : the genus Vibrissea

Generic short diagnoses: Sessile or stipitate, ± gelatinous, inoperculate discomycetes, on wood and stems, often on submerged substrate, with long, filiform, multi-septate spores.


Species example:


Vibrissea decolorans - DK: langsporet bækskive - ascus tops (first top and buttom *, others † (in melzer)), paraphyses
Photo and © Hans-Otto Baral
HB 3014

The picture originates from the interactive internet version of MycoKey.
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