MycoKey : the genus Trametes

Generic short diagnoses: Tough, white rotting, shelf- or hoof-shaped, often concentrically zoned, smooth to tomentose polypores with small or elongated pores; fusiform simple cystidia present, spores ellipsoid to cylindrical, colourless.


Species example:


Trametes cervina - DK: puklet læderporesvamp
Photo and © Morten Christensen

The picture originates from the interactive internet version of MycoKey.
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