| Generic short diagnoses: Medium-sized to large, ± split down one side and ± ear-or funnel-shaped, ± yellow, pink, buff or brown coloured operculate discomytes with curved paraphyses and smooth spores. On soil and debris, probably mycorrhizal. |
Otidea alutacea - DK: læder-ørebæger, UK: Tan Ear |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-94.146 |
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