Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Poriales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Tyromyces incarnatus | |||
Author: | Tyromyces incarnatus Imazeki, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 6. 1943. |
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Description: | Basidiocarp annual, sessile, solitary or imbricate, dimidiate, 3-6 cm in diam and 1-1.5 cm thick. Upper surface pale red to red, becoming whitish red when dry, glabrous, smooth to appressed-fibrillose. Pore surface concolorous, the pores round 3-4 per mm, with thin, entire dissepiments. Context white to whitish red, soft, fibrous, up to 7 mm thick. Tube layer concolorous, up to 4 mm. Hyphal system monomitic, generative hyphae hyaline, thin-walled, with clamps, 3-5 μm, with a basal clamp. Basidiospores ovoid to subglobose, hyaline, smooth, IKI-, 4-5 × 2.5 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Taipei:Hsihhsien, alt. 900 m, on rotten hardwood, Jul 1992, TFRI 419. |
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Habitat: | Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
Distribution: | Japan, Taiwan |
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References: | Chang, TT. 1993b. |
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Provided: | T. T. Chang |
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Note: | The fungus is characterized by its pale red basidiocarps. It is a rare species. | |||