 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Phallales |
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NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Inonotus formosanus | |||
| Author： |
Inonotus formosanus T. T. Chang & W. N. Chou, Mycol. Res. 102: 789. 1998. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp annual, pileate, sessile to dimidiate, single, more commonly in imbricate clusters, soft and fleshy when fresh, coriaceous and light of weight when dry. Pileus applanate, flabelliform, effused-reflexed or sometimes rosetted, ≦ 5 cm diam., ≦ 1 cm thick; upper surface cinnamon to rusty brown, at first coarsely tomentose to hispid, later the erect hyphae agglutinate to scrupose tuft, most erect near the base. Pore surface in growing specimens whitish yellow and then immediately darker when bruised or touched, later cinnamon to rusty brown. Pores round to slightly angular, 3-5 mm-1. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae hyaline, pale yellowish and thin-walled to dark brownish and thick-walled, with occasional to frequent branching, ≦ 5.0 µm in diam. Setae abundant, straight, dark brown, ventricose, 5-7 × 18-30 µm. Basidiospores broadly ellipsoid, smooth, 1.8-2.5 × 3.5-4 µm, hyaline to yellowish, IKI-. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Yilan : Fushan, alt. 650 m, on rotten wood, Mar 1997, TFRI 799. Shinchu : Kuanwu, alt. 2100m, on rotten wood, Aug 1991, TFRI 40. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Chang, TT and Chou, WN.1998b. |
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| Provided： |
T. T. Chang |
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| Note： |
Inonotus formosanus is distinguished by the effused-reflexed to pileate basidiomes, the abundant straight setae and the hyaline to yellowish broadly ellipsoid basidiospores. | |||