Nail cups
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The nail cups or stem cups ( Hymenoscyphus ) form a large genus of the Helotiales with 155 species worldwide.
features
The genus is very extensive and includes small mushrooms that live saprophytically on dead wood, herb stalks, fruits, etc. Several genera such as Bisporella are outwardly very similar, which is why a microscopic characterization is essential. An important distinguishing feature is the excipulum , which in Hymenoscyphus is made up of parallel hyphae at an acute angle to the surface . The Ascus-Porus blue in Lugol .
Types (selection)
The fungus, now known as Pezoloma ericae , which forms mycorrhiza with heather plants , no longer belongs to Hymenoscyphus .
- White stem cup ( Hymenoscyphus albidus ):
- False white stem cup ( Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus ): what triggers ash dieback
- Chalice-shaped stem cup ( Hymenoscyphus calyculus )
- Willow stem cup ( Hymenoscyphus conscriptus )
- Beardless nail cup ( Hymenoscyphus imberbis )
- Shield-shaped stem cup ( Hymenoscyphus scutula )
supporting documents
- Ewald Gerhardt: Mushrooms . BLV Buchverlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-8354-0053-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th ed. Wallingford: CABI. p. 327. ISBN 0-85199-826-7 .
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) accessed on February 16, 2010