 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Phallales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Inonotus rickii | |||
| Author： |
Inonotus rickii (Pat.) Reid, Kew Bull. 12: 141. 1957. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp annual, sessile, applanate to ungulate, single to imbricate, at first soft and fleshy and then becoming firm. Pileus at first tomentose, golden brown, becoming rough and dark rusty brown, up to 7 × 10 × 2 cm. Pore surface pale brown, pores angular, 2-3 per mm. Context becoming dark rusty brown, crumbling into a mass of chlamydospores. Imperfect fruitbodies developing as a cushion shaped mass of brown tissue, the entire structure resembling a sessile basidiocarp but no tube layer ever develops. Hyphal system monomitic with setal hyphae; generative hyphae thin to moderately thick-walled, almost hyaline to yellowish brown, simple-septate, up to 5 µm diam. Setal hyphae thick-walled, tapering to a point, entire setal hypha up to 280 µm, straight. Basidiospores ellipsoid to ovoid, thick-walled, dark reddish brown, 6-8.5 × 4.5-5.5 µm, IKI-. Chlamydospores abundant in context tissue, thick-walled, dark reddish brown in KOH, smooth, globose to ellipsoid or often with an elongated cylindric stalk, 10-30 µm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Kinmem, alt. 100 m, on stem and branch of Casuarina equisetifolia, May 1996, TFRI 712, TFRI 745. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
United States, Kinmem. |
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| References： |
Chang, TT and Fu, CS. 1998. |
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| Provided： |
T. T. Chang |
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| Note： |
The fungus is recognized by its ptychogastric stage and unique chlamydospores. | |||