Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Phallales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Phellinus fushanus | |||
Author: | Phellinus fushanus T. T. Chang, Mycol. Res. 101: 1003. 1997. |
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Description: | Basidiocarp annual, sessile, applanate to ungulate, effuse-reflexed, often imbricate, tightly attached by a broad lateral base, corky to woody. Pileus ≦ 11cm wide and 1-2 cm thick at base, semicircular, dimidiate, flabelliform; upper surface flabrous, concentrically zoned, sulcate, at first with a pinkish brown cuticle over the younger marginal areas, soon becom-ing grayish to brown or blackish; margin acute to obtuse, sometimes deflexed, regular to undulate. Pores round to irregular, 4-6 mm, light cinnamon to pinkish brown. Hyphal system dimitic, generative hyphae 2-5 µm wide, simple-septate, thin- to thick-walled, dark brown in KOH; skeletal hyphae dominant, thick-walled to solid, brown, ≦ 5.5 µm wide. Basidiospores oblong ellipsoid, frequently flattened on one side, pale yellow to yellow, thick-walled, smooth, 2.6-3.2 × 4.0-5.5 µm, IKI-. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Yilan: Fushan, alt. 650 m, on rotten hardwood, Oct 1996, TFRI 685. Pingtung : Kenting, alt.<100 m, on rotten hardwood, Dec 1996, TFRI 786. |
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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: | The sessile, applanate to often imbricate basidiomes and the pale yellow to yellow, oblong-ellipsoid basidiospores are diagnostic characteristics of P. fushanus. | |||