 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Poriales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Trichaptum durum | |||
| Author： |
Trichaptum durum (Jungh.) Corner, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 86: 219. 1987. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp sessile, applanate, or effuso-reflexed, often imbricate, not sulcate or zoned, woody, up to 3 × 5 × 2 cm, purplish to pale vinaceous and blackish. Pore surface gray, fuliginous umber to purple tinge, pores 4-7 per mm. Context concolorous with pore surface. Hyphal system dimitic; generative hyphae hyaline, thin-walled, with clamps, up to 3.5 μm diam, skeletal hyphae thick-walled, hyaline to dark vinaceous, nonseptate up to 5.0 μm diam. Cystidia ventricose and subapiculate to subcylindric, thin-walled, with a few crystals at the apex. Basidia clavate, 4-sterigmate, 6-8 × 3-4 μm. Basidiospores ellipsoid, hyaline, smooth, thin-walled, 3-5 × 2-3 μm, IKI-. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Yilan : Fushan, on fallen trunk, alt 650 m, Jul 1993, TFRI 483, TFRI571. Nantou: Lienhuachiu, on fallen trunk, alt. 630 m, Sep 1997, TFRI 808. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
Pantropical. |
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| References： |
Chang. TT and Fu, CS.1998. |
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| Provided： |
T. T. Chang |
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| Note： |
The purplish to pale vinaceous basidiocarps with ventricose and subapiculate to subcylindric cystidia are diagnostic. | |||