MycoKey : the species Gastrosporium simplex

Generic short diagnoses: Whitish, smooth to flocose, Bovista-like, grass associated basidiomycete truffle with ± buff gleba and small, globose, warty and almost hyaline spores.


Gastrosporium simplex

Gastrosporium simplex , stæpptryffel, Gemeine Steppentrüffel
Illustration and © Gunnar Hensel
Germany, XII.2001

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