 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Poriales |
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NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Gloeophyllum abietinum | |||
| Author： |
Gloeophyllum abietinum (Fr.) Karst., Finl. Hattsv. 2: 79. 1879. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp perennial, pileate, sessile and broadly attached, mostly elongated along the substratum, up to 3 cm wide, 2-8 cm long, up to 5 mm thick at the base. Upper surface deep umber brown, first finely velutinate to tomentose, zonate and often more scrupose to warted or even smooth, usually narrowly zonate and slightly sulcate, margin wavy and sharp. Hymenophore lamellate with anastomosing, wavy lamellate, 6-10 per cm, individual lamellate up to 1 mm thick, deep brown to pale brown, at the base up to 10 mm deep. Context dark brown and fibrous, up to 2 mm thick. Hyphal system trimitic, generative hyphae with clamps, thin to slightly thick-walled, 2-4 μm wide, skeletal hyphae yellowish to pale rusty brown thick-walled, 2.5-6 μm wide, binding hyphae rare, yellowish brown, 2-4 μm wide. Cystidia abundant in the hymenium, subulate to rounded, thick-walled, smooth or with a small apical crown of crystals, 22-45 × 4-8 μm. Basidiospores cylindrical, 8.5-11.5 × 3-4 μm, hyaline, smooth, IKI-. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Nantou : Tungyuang, alt. 2300 m, on dead stem of Tsuga sp., Sep 1991, TFRI 63, TFRI 68, TFRI 91. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing brown rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
Temperate species. |
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| References： |
Chang, TT. 1992b; Nunez, M and Ryvarden, L. 2000. |
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| Provided： |
T. T. Chang |
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| Note： |
G. abietinum is separated from G. sepiarium by the warm brown basidiocarps while those of the latter mostly are bright rusty brown, often with a yellowish margin. | |||