MycoKey : the genus Leptoporus

Generic short diagnoses: A white to pale reddish, brown-rotting, reflexed to pileate polypore, staining reddish to reddish brown when touched, with allantoid spores and no clamp connections.


Species example:


Leptoporus mollis
Photo and © Heikki Kotiranta
Finland, 26.8.1980

The picture originates from the interactive internet version of MycoKey.
Here you will also find a larger picture along with a detailed generic description. The picture is also present on the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.

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