MycoKey : the genus Hydnotrya

Generic short diagnoses: Smooth, buff to brownish ascomycete truffles with open or compact, brain-like folded gleba, clavate asci and ornamented, pale yellowish to brown, globose to ellipsoid or angular spores.


Species example:


Hydnotrya michaelis - DK: stinkende foldtrøffel
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-00.018

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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