 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Phallales |
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NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Hymenochaete rubiginosa | |||
| Author： |
Hymenochaete rubiginosa (Dicks.) Lev., An. Sci. Nat. Bot. 5: 151. 1846. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp perennial, effused-reflexed to pileate, cartilaginous-tough when fresh but be-come hard and woody on drying. Hymenial surface chocolate brown to snuff brown, smooth. Abhymenial surface dark brown to grayish brown, concentrically zonate, with zones of erect and appressed tomentum, radially sulcate, with maturity the tomentum becomes compact and somewhat agglutinated and appears hard and barklike. Hyphal system dimitic, skeletal hyphae 1.5-2.5 µm wide, unbranched, aseptate, the walls thick to almost solid, light brown, generative hyphae 1.5-2 µm wide, branched, septate, clamps absent, thin, subhyaline. Setae 30-70 µm, subulate to subcylindrical, light brown, thick-walled, arising from the upper layers of the context or subhymenium, immersed or projecting up to 25 µm out of the hy-menium. Basidiospores ellipsoid, minutely apiculate, the walls thin, subhyaline, smooth, IKI-, 4.5-6 × 2.5-3.5µm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Taichung : Chinshan, alt. <100 m, on decayed hardwood, Aug 1991, TFRI 02. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
Cosmopolitan. |
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| References： |
Chang, TT. 1992a. |
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| Provided： |
T. T. Chang |
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| Note： |
The species is recognized by its grayish brown basidiocarps. | |||