| Generic short diagnoses: Smooth, scaly or warty, brown to black, fragile ascomycete truffles with hollow, ± folded gleba, clavate to cylindrical asci and large, ornamented, hyaline to yellowish, ellipsoid spores. |
Species example: |
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 Genea hispidula - DK: håret halvtrøffel - closeup of asci (x 70) |
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-01.249 |
The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
Here you will also find a larger picture along with a detailed generic description, references and an interactive, synoptical key to genera.