Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Poriales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Tyromyces subgiganteus | |||
Author: | Tyromyces subgiganteus (Berk. & Curt.) Ryv., Mycotaxon 20: 357. 1984. |
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Description: | Basidiocarp pileate, sessile, up to 4.5 cm wide, 6 cm long and 6 mm thick; upper surface white to cream, first hirsute to velvety, in age becoming more adpressed velvety to finely scrupose, azonate; pore surface white to pale straw-colored, pores round and entire, 3-5 per mm; tubes up to 5 mm long, concolorous with pore surface; context white and thin, up to 3.5 mm deep. Hyphal system monomitic, generative hyphae with clamps. Basidiospores subglobose, thin-walled, IKI-, 4-4.5 × 5-5.5 μm. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Taipei : Fushan, alt. 900 m, on stem of hardwood, Feb 1994, TFRI 549. |
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Habitat: | Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
Distribution: | 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 is distinguished from other species by its subglobose basidiospores each containing an oildrop. | |||