 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Poriales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Antrodia malicola | |||
| Author： |
Antrodia malicola (Berk. & Curt.) Donk, Persoonia 4:340. 1966. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp annual to effused-reflexed, up to 1.2 cm from substrate to margin, tough to corky, hard when dry; upper surface of pilei pale wood brown, glabrous, margin acute to rounded; pore surface uniformly pale cinnamon to wood brown, pores circular, regular, irregular and angular to sinuous, 2-4 per mm, in parts also larger and semi-daedalioid, up to 4 mm long and about 1 mm wide; context pale wood brown, tough-fibrous, 1-2 mm thick; tube layer concolorous or paler, up to 4 mm thick. Hyphal system dimitic, generative hyphae with clamps, hyaline, 2-4 μm wide; skeletal hyphae dominant, semisolid to thick-walled, straight to sinuous, nonseptate, 2-5 μm wide; binding hyphae rare, narrow, solid, 2-3 μm wide. Basidiospores cylindrical, hyaline, smooth, IKI-, 6.5-9.5 × 2.5-4 μm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Hualien : Hsiulin, alt. 2000 m, on stem of hardwood, Jun 1992, TFRI 349. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing brown rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
A circumglobal species including Europe, Russia, North America, Japan, Africa, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Chang, TT. 1996a. |
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| Provided： |
T. T Chang |
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| Note： |
The species is distinguished by its even pale brown color and living on dead hardwoods. | |||