MycoKey : the genus Daedaleopsis

Generic short diagnoses: White rotting polypores with round to radially elongated pores or "lamellae", that stain reddish, smooth pilei, dendrophyphidia and cylindrical to allantoid spores.


Species example:


Daedaleopsis septentrionalis - DK: "nordisk læderporesvamp"
Photo and © Heikki Kotiranta
Finland, 31.10.1980

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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