Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Phallales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Inonotus fushanus | |||
Author: | Inonotus fushanus T. T. Chang, Mycol. Res. 101: 1004. 1997. |
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Description: | Basidiocarp annual, sessile to laterally stipitate, solitary, ungulate, dimidiate to reniform or subcircular, ≦ 10 cm wide and 4 cm thick, at first soft, eventually more fibrous to chalky in old specimens; upper surface yellow to yellowish brown, glabrous, often zonate, sometimes radially rimose, margin rounded, concolorous; pore surface at first buff, becoming dark cinnamon-brown, glancing, rough, the pores circular to irregular, 1-3 mm. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae thin- to thick-walled, hyaline, pale yellow to brown, simple-septate, 5-12 µm wide. Basidia clavate, 4-sterigmate, hyaline, 5-8 × 15-20 µm, simple septate at the base. Basidiospores oblong-ellipsoid to cylindrical, usually bent on one side, brownish, smooth, thick-walled, IKI-, 3-4 × 6.5-8.0 µm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Yilan : Fushan, alt. 650 m, on stem of Quercus longinus Hay., Mar 1992, TFRI 264. |
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Habitat: | Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
Distribution: | Taiwan. |
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References: | Chang, TT. 1997. |
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Provided: | T. T. Chang |
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Note: | Inonotus fushanus is distinguished by the sessile to laterally stipitate, ungulate, dimidiate to reniform, fibrous to chalky basidiomes, the brownish, oblong-ellipsoid basidiospores and lack of setae. | |||