MycoKey : the genus Stephensia

Generic short diagnoses: Downy-woolly, buffish ascomycete truffles with white gleba, a strong cauliflower-like smell, clavate to cylindrical asci and large, smooth, globsose, rather thick-walled spores.


Species example:


Stephensia bombycina
Photo and © Johan Nitare
Sweden

The picture originates from the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.
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