MycoKey : the genus Propolis

Generic short diagnoses: Immersed discomycetes in wood or cones, opening with a lid of host tissue to expose whitish pruinose discs; with ± ellipsoid spores.


Species example:


Propolis versicolor - DK: vedsprængerskive - closeup
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-03.307

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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