MycoKey : the genus Sistotrema

Generic short diagnoses: Resupinate, more rarely stipitate-pileate corticioids/hydnoids, with a smooth, odontoid, spinulose or poroid hymenophore and urniform, often 6- to 8-sterigmate basidia and typically oil-rich, clamped hyphae.


Species example:


Sistotrema sernanderi
Photo and © Jacob Heilmann-Clausen
Denmark, JHC 98-108

The picture originates from the interactive internet version of MycoKey.
Here you will also find a larger picture along with a detailed generic description. The picture is also present on the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.

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