Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Cantharellales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Craterellus aureus | |||
Author: | Craterellus aureus Berk. & Curt., N. Pacif. Expl. Exp. 103. 1856. |
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Description: | Pileus 2.5-4 cm, funnel-shaped to infundibuliform, orange-yellow to orange, smooth, margin decurved. Hymenium decurrent, smooth, orange. Stipe equal, 1.5-2.5 × 0.5-1 cm, hollowed, concolorous with the pileus. Spores elliptical, hyaline, smooth, with oil drops, 7-9 × 5-7 μm, I-. Cystidia not seen. Basidia slenderly clavate, 50-75 × 6-8 μm, with 4 sterigmata. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae 3-9 μm across, septa without clamp. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Nantou: Lienhuachih, 16 June 1994, W.N. Chou, CWN 00549 (TNM F2294). |
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Habitat: | On soil in hardwood forest. | |||
Distribution: | Asia. |
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References: | Chou, WN. 2000; Imazeki, R and Hongo, T. 1989. |
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Provided: | W. N. Chou |
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Note: | It is edible and usually found in tropics (Imazeki and Hongo, 1989). | |||