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 rubiginosa - DK: stiv ruslædersvamp UK: Oak Curtain Crust
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-97.364

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