MycoKey : the genus Hydnobolites

Generic short diagnoses: Smooth to slightly rough, whitish to buffish ascomycete truffles with massively, brain-like folded, pale buff gleba, sac-like asci and spiny-reticulate, pale yellowish, globose spores.


Species example:


Hydnobolites cerebriformis
Photo and © Johan Nitare
Sweden

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