[Discomycetes] Sacc.
(discomycete fungi)

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Order 267 subtaxa 1,283 images 280 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Discomycetes] (discomycete fungi)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Boudier 1905 Icones mycologicæ, ou Iconographie des champignons de France principalement Discomycetes Librarie des Sciences Naturelles Icones Mycologicae Vol I-IV.
Spooner, B.M. 1997 Discomycete Workshop - Trial keys to some Genera and Species
Wergen, B. Funghiparadise - where the ascomycetes are at home www.sites.google.com/site/funghiparadise/home

[Discomycetes] (discomycete fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for [Discomycetes] (discomycete fungi)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2,964 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for [Discomycetes] (discomycete fungi)

Ripe spores are needed for identification, but are often hard to find in squash preps or sections. Larger cap fungi can be spore-printed like toadstools. For smaller species hold a coverslip over the fruitbody and tickle the hymenium with a paintbrush or twist of paper and it will fire ripe spores onto the coverslip.

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