 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Poriales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Tyromyces cerifluus | |||
| Author： |
Tyromyces cerifluus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill, North Am. Flora 9: 33. 1907. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp annual, pendent to sessile, single to imbricated, attached by a dorsal contraction of the pileus, soft when fresh, fragile when dry, up to 3 cm wide and 3 mm thick, like soaked with a resinuous substance; upper surface white, cream to pale brown, velvety to glabrous. Pores angular to irregular, split and lacerate when dry, 2-4 per mm, pore surface sordid pale brown to pale straw, margin curved when dry. Context white to cream, up to 2 mm thick. Hyphal system monomitic; generative hyphae hyaline, clamped, up to 5 μm wide. Basidia clavate, 4-sterigmate, with a basal clamp, 15-25 × 5-6 μm. Basidiospores hyaline, cylindric to allantoid, 3-5 × 1.5-2 μm, IKI-. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Nantou : Tsuifeng, alt. 2300 m, on rotten hardwood, Aug 2002, CWN5881. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
Europe, North America, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Chang, TT and Chou, WN. 2003a. |
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| Provided： |
T. T. Chang |
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| Note： |
The pendent and like soaked with a resinuous substance basidiomata characterize the fungus. | |||