MycoKey : the genus Syzygospora

Generic short diagnoses: Mycoparasitic gelly fungi that may form internally or cause gall-like swellings on the host fruitbodies; with 1-celled, 2-8 sterigmate basidia and variously shaped, repeating spores.


Species example:


Syzygospora bachmannii - DK: "rensdyrlav-snyltehjerne"
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-05.299

The picture may be included in a future version of MycoKey.

what is MycoKey? | borrow pictures? | list of genera |MycoKey home