MycoKey : the genus Amylocystis

Generic short diagnoses: A fairly soft-fleshed, reddish-staining, brown-rotting polypore with tomentose, bicoloured pileus, thick-walled cystidia with apical crystals and cylindrical to fusiform spores.


Species example:


Amylocystis lapponica - DK: lapporesvamp
Photo and © Heikki Kotiranta
Finland, 4.8.1980

The picture originates from the interactive internet version of MycoKey.
Here you will also find a larger picture along with a detailed generic description. The picture is also present on the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.

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