Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Poriales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Echinochaete russiceps | |||
Author: | Echinochaete russiceps (Berk. & Br.) Reid, Kew Bull. 17: 285. 1963. |
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Description: | Basidiocarp annual, usually solitary, 2-5 cm wide and a stipelike base. Pileus spathulate to flabelliform, upper surface whitish-pink when fresh, mostly reddish-brown to golden-brown with an ochraceous tint when dry, minutely tomentose and often with dark radiating lines. Pore surface whitish when fresh, ochraceous buff to dark-brown when dry, pores angular about 3-6 per mm. Hyphal system dimitic, generative hyphae hyaline, clamped and thin-walled, strongly dextrinoid, 2-3 μm in diam, arboriform binding hyphae dominating, yellow and thick walled, 1.5-7 μm wide. Setoid elements thick-walled and golden brown, lanceolate, with a number of projecting spines near the apex, up to 37 × 9 μm. These structures are also present on the pilear surface, up to 100 μm long. Basidiospores subcylindric to ellipsoid, thin-walled, smooth and hyaline, 8-9.5 × 3.5-4.5 μm, IKI- | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Yilan: Fushan, alt. 500-600 m, on rotten trunk of hardwood, May 1993, TFR471. |
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Habitat: | Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
Distribution: | Indo-Pacific area, Malawi, Kenya, Taiwan. |
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References: | Chang, TT. 1995. |
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Provided: | T. T. Chang |
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Note: | The species is distinguished by the small pores and the long and slender cystidia with spines near the apex. | |||