MycoKey : the genus Hymenochaete

Generic short diagnoses: Resupinate to pileate stereoids with tough, brownish or red fruitbodies with prominent, brown hymenial setae, often protruding well beyond surface; spores thin-walled and inamyloid and clamp connections absent.


Species example:


Hymenochaete cinnamomea - DK: gyldenbrun ruslædersvamp
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Norway, TL-5991

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