 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Poriales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Physisporinus vitreus | |||
| Author： |
Physisporinus vitreus (Pers.:Fr.) Karst., Finl. Basidsv. p. 324. 1889. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp resupinate, widely effused, up to 5 mm thick, waxy and soft when fresh, hard and cartilaginous when dry; pore surface white to bluish white and translucent when fresh, ochraceous to pale pinkish brown when dry, pores round to angular, 4-6 per mm; tubes up to 4 mm deep, concolorous with pore surface; context 2-4 mm thick, dense, pale brown when dry. Hyphal system monomitic, simple-septate, 2-6 μm wide. Fusoid cystidioles present, 15-22 × 5-6. 5μm, generative hyphae simple-septate at the base. Basidiospores ovoid to globose, hyaline, thin-walled, IKI-, often with an oildrop, 4.5-6 × 4-5.5 μm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Taoyuan : La-la-shan, alt. 1600 m, on stem of Chamaecyparis formosensis, Mar 1994, TFRI 563. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
Europe, North America, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Chang, TT. 1996a. |
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| Provided： |
T. T. Chang |
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| Note： |
The fungus has a distinct bluish, semi translucent basidiocarp when actively growing. | |||