MycoKey : the species Hydnocystis piligera

Generic short diagnoses: Warty, yellowish to brownish, fragile, ± hollow ascomycete truffles, with cylindrical asci and smooth, hyaline, globose or ellipsoid spores.


Hydnocystis piligera

Hydnocystis piligera , Behårte Hohltrüffel
Illustration and © Jan Vesterholt

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