MycoKey : the genus Osteina

Generic short diagnoses: Pileate and mostly stipitate, more or less greyish above and white underneath, annual, brown-rotting polypore with cylindrical spores.


Species example:


Osteina obducta
Photo and © Thomas Læssøe
Russia (Kamchatka), 1997

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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