 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Poriales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Skeletocutis carneogrisea | |||
| Author： |
Skeletocutis carneogrisea David, Nat. Can. 109: 246. 1982. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp annual, resupinate to effused-reflexed, coriaceous when fresh, rigid when dry; pore surface pinkish-gray, becoming slightly pinkish brown when dry, pores angular, 4-6 per mm; tubes cartilaginous and dense, concolorous with the pore surface; context very thin, white and adpressed cottony. Hyphal system dimitic; generative hyphae hyaline, 2-4 μm wide, becoming thick-walled, with clamps; skeletal hyphae thick-walled to solid, 3-5 μm in diam. Cystidioles numerous, fusoid, smooth, thin-walled and up to 15 μm long. Basidia clavate, 4-sterigmate, 12-15 × 4-5 μm, with a basal clamp. Basidiospores cylindric, hyaline, IKI-, 3.5-4 × 1-1.3 μm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Yilan : Fushan, alt. 650 m, on twig of hardwood, Dec 1993, TFRI 568. Taipei : Taipei, alt.＜100 m, on twig of hardwood, May 1993, TFRI 575. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
Temperate species in North America, Europe and East Asia. |
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| References： |
Chang, TT. 1995. |
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| Provided： |
T. T. Chang |
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| Note： |
The species is distinguished by having a grey pore surface and lunate basidiospores. | |||