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 versicolor - DK: broget læderporesvamp UK: Turkeytail - cap surface
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-99.526

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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