Phylum：Basidiomycota　>>　Class： Basidiomycetes　>>　 Order： Platygloeales 
   
 
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　Scientific Name： Heterochaete delicata
 
   
   
　Author：

Basionym: Hydnum delicatum Kl. ex Berk., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 395. 1839..

Heterochaete delicata (Kl. ex Berk.) Bres., Hedwigia 53: 77. 1912..
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Basidiocarp resupinate, at first of orbicular patches, then effused, up to 500 μm thick. Hymenial surface grayish yellow or whitish yellow, odontioid, not cracked; margin somewhat reflexed, yellowish white, forming an immature zone; aculei 7-10 per mm, up to 200 μm long, up to 50 μm wide. Hyphal system dimitic; generative hyphae nodose-septate. Subicular hyphae colorless, 1.5-2.5 μm diam., thin-walled; skeletal hyphae yellow, 2-4 μm diam, with wide lumen. Hyphal pegs arising from the subiculum, composed of skeletal hyphae. Cystidia lacking. Branched hyphidia distributed in hymenium. Basidia subclavate, divided by a longitudinal septum into 2 cells, 15-20 × 8-10 μm, each cell bearing a big sterigma. Basidiospores suballantoid, smooth, thin-walled, guttulate, 14-20 × 6-7.5 μm, IKI－, CB－.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Taiwan. Nantou: Tungpu, entrance of Salishienhsi Forest Road, alt. 1,300 m, on branch of angiosperm, 24 Nov 1993, Wu 9311-58 (TNM). Kaohsiung: Chaishan, on branch of angiosperm, 15 Feb 1992, Wu 920215-4 (TNM).
 
 
 
　Habitat： null
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Pantropical, but not recorded from Africa.
 
 
 
　References：

Wu, SH. 1993.
   
   
   
　Provided：

S. H. Wu
 
 
　Note： This species is distinct in having two-celled basidia.