Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Poriales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Skeletocutis lilacina | |||
Author: | Skeletocutis lilacina A. David & J. Keller, Mycol. Helvetica 1: 128. 1984. |
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Description: | Basidiocarp resupinate, annual, circular to orbicular, up to 2.0 mm thick. Pore surface lilac with a grayish tint, pores angular, 5-6 per mm; subiculum pale brownish, dense and cartilaginous in lower part, with a thin cottony white layer next to the substrate. Tube layer concolorous with pore surface, up to 1 mm thick. Hyphal system dimitic; generative hyphae with clamps, 2.5-4 μm diam, skeletal hyphae only in the trama, hyaline, thick-walled, nonseptate, 2-4 μm diam. Basidia clavate to subcylindric, 4- sterigmate, 11-15 × 5-7 μm, with a basal clamp. Basidiospores lunate to allantoid, hyaline, smooth, thin-walled, 3.5-5×0.7-1 μm, IKI-. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Kaohsiung : Liukuei, on fallen trunk of Taxus mairei, Nov 1996, TFRI781 |
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Habitat: | Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
Distribution: | Europe, North America, Taiwan. |
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References: | Chang, TT and Fu, CS. 1998. |
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Provided: | T. T. Chang |
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Note: | The annual resupinate basidiocarps with lilac to grayish tint pore surface characterize the fungus. | |||