MycoKey : the genus Xylobolus

Generic short diagnoses: Tough, perennial resupinate growing in clusters, separated by cracks, with ellipsoid, thin-walled, amyloid spores and acanthocystidia.


Species example:


Xylobolus frustulatus - DK: mønster-lædersvamp - pocket rot
Photo and © Thomas Læssøe
Denmark, JHP-00.272

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