MycoKey : the genus Tomentella

Generic short diagnoses: Coloured (thelephoroid) resupinates with warty or spiny, mostly coloured spores; cystidia present or absent.


Species example:


Tomentella lateritia - DK: "teglrød frynsehinde" - closeup of spores and red pigment drops
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-03.074

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