| 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 bufonia - UK: Toad's Ear |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-92.313 |
 buffing apothecia | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-92.313 |
These pictures are part of the MycoKey project.
You can use this link to view larger versions and more information in the MycoKey online version. You can also download and install the full MycoKey project to get thousands of pictures along with detailed generic descriptions, references and interactive, synoptical (multi-access) keys to genera of fungi in Northern Europe.
