MycoKey : the genus Otidea

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.


Species example:


Otidea phlebophora - DK: året ørebæger
Photo and © Carsten Brandt
Denmark, JHP-94.182

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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