MycoKey : the genus Gastrosporium

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


Species example:


Gastrosporium simplex
Photo and © Gunnar Hensel
Germany, XII.2001

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