 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Poriales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Tyromyces subgiganteus | |||
| Author： |
Tyromyces subgiganteus (Berk. & Curt.) Ryv., Mycotaxon 20: 357. 1984. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp pileate, sessile, up to 4.5 cm wide, 6 cm long and 6 mm thick; upper surface white to cream, first hirsute to velvety, in age becoming more adpressed velvety to finely scrupose, azonate; pore surface white to pale straw-colored, pores round and entire, 3-5 per mm; tubes up to 5 mm long, concolorous with pore surface; context white and thin, up to 3.5 mm deep. Hyphal system monomitic, generative hyphae with clamps. Basidiospores subglobose, thin-walled, IKI-, 4-4.5 × 5-5.5 μm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Taipei : Fushan, alt. 900 m, on stem of hardwood, Feb 1994, TFRI 549. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
North America, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Chang, TT. 1996a. |
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| Provided： |
T. T. Chang |
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| Note： |
The fungus is distinguished from other species by its subglobose basidiospores each containing an oildrop. | |||