Taxonomic Characters
The differentiation of Cyathus species is based on observable characters, such as fruiting body shape, coverings and plications of peridia, and microscopic characteristics such as the anatomy of peridioles, and the size and shape of basidiospores. The following characters are used to help identify Cyathus species:
- Shape
- Size
- Color
- Peridium
- Plication means being folded in pleats.
- Setae are rigid bristles made of compacted hyphae that are sometimes found at the mouth of the peridium.
- The emplacement is the rounded mass of hyphae at the lower, narrow end of the fruiting body which attaches it to the growing surface.
Microscopic characters
- Tunica: a thin membrane that is the outermost covering layer of the peridioles.
- Cortex: in this article, the cortex refers to the tissue layer comprising the wall of the peridiole.
- Spores:
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