Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Polyporales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Ganoderma limushanense | |||
Author: | Ganoderma limushanense Zhao & Zhang, Acta Mycol. Sin. 5: 119-122. 1986. |
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Description: | Basidiocarp annual, stipitate or sessile, corky to woody. Pileus suborbicular or dimidiate, sometimes irregular, up to 15 × 12 × 1 cm. Upper surface yellowish brown when dry, non-laccate or slightly laccate, concentrically sulcate. Context brown or dark brown, with black crustaceous layer, 4-8 mm thick. Tubes brown, stuffed with white mycelium, 4-8 mm thick. Pore surface brown to sordid brown, pores suborbicular, 4-6 per mm. Stipe dor-sal-lateral or lateral, up to 3 cm. Pilear crust similar to subanamixoderm. Hyphal system trimitic, generative hyphal hyaline, 2.5-5 µm in diam, skeletal hyphal yellowish brown, thick walled to solid, arboriform, skeletal stalks 2-5 µm in diam, binding hyphal, thick walled to solid, branched, 2-3 µm in diam. Basidiospores 7-9 × 5-6.5 µm, ovoid, ellipsoid, rarely truncate at apex, bitunicate, exospore hyaline, smooth, endospore brownish, echinu-late or indistinct. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Yilan : Fushan, alt. 650 m, on trunk of Fagauae, Aug 1990, TFRI 58; Aug 1991 TFRI 112; Oct 1991, TFRI183. |
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Habitat: | Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
Distribution: | China, Taiwan. |
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References: | Chang, TT. 1992b. |
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Provided: | T. T. Chang |
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Note: | The fungus is recognized by its basidiospores. | |||