MycoKey : the genus Pluteus

Generic short diagnoses: Pink-spored, saprobic agarics with free, crowded lamellae and no volva; spores smooth and cystidia always present; lamellar trama inverse.


Species example:


Pluteus umbrosus - DK: skygge-skærmhat UK: Velvet Shield - pileus surface
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-03.140

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