Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Poriales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Junghuhnia nitida | |||
Author: | Junghuhnia nitida (Fr.) Ryv., Persoonia 7: 18. 1972. |
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Description: | Basidiocarp annual, resupinate, effused up to 3cm, tough-fibrous, drying brittle, pore surface varying greatly in color from ochraceous buff to pinkish cinnamon, the pores angular, 5-7 per mm, with thin entire dissepiments, subiculum cream colored to pale pinkish buff, fibrous, up to lmm thick. Hyphal system dimitic, subicular generative hyphae thin-walled, with clamps, rarely branched, 2-4 μm in diam, subicular skeletal hyphae thick-walled, hyaline, nonseptate, rarely branched, 2-4 μm in diam, tramal hyphae similar. Cystidia abundant and conspicuous, thick-walled, cylindric to clavate, heavily incrusted, 35-80 × 3-18 μm, completely imbedded or projecting to 25 μm. Basidiospores broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, hyaline, smooth, IKI-, 4-4.5 × 2-2.5 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Nantau:Tungpu, alt. 400 m, on branch of hardwood, Nov 1993, TFRI 514. |
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Habitat: | Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
Distribution: | Cosmopolitan species. |
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References: | Chang, TT. 1994b. |
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Provided: | T. T. Chang |
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Note: | The pinkish cinnamon, annual, resupinate basidiocarps with abundant cystidia distinguish the species. | |||