MycoKey : the genus Rhizopogon

Generic short diagnoses: Mostly buff to brownish, sometimes reddening basidiomycete truffles, mainly in coniferous forests, with ± olivaceous gleba and ellipsoid to cylindrical, pale and smooth spores.


Species example:


Rhizopogon obtextus - DK: gul skægtrøfel - closeup of gleba
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-02.102

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