 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Poriales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Tyromyces taxi | |||
| Author： |
Tyromyces taxi (Bondartzev) Ryv. & Gilb., European Polypores part 2: 693. 1994. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp sessile or laterally substipitate with a narrowed base, single dimidiate, soft and spongy when fresh, drying brittle and very light in weight, up to 5 cm wide, 3 cm long, and 1.0 cm thick; upper surface pale yellowish brown to orange brown, to darker rusty brown glabrous; odor strong; pore surface olivaceous green, the pores angular, mostly 2-4 per mm; context pale greenish buff, azonate, soft-fibrous, up to 5 mm thick; tube layer concolorous with context, up to 2 mm thick. Hyphal system monomitic, generative hyphae hyaline to pale yellowish, thin-walled, with clamps, 2-6 μm wide; gloeoplerous hyphae also present. Basidiospores cylindric, ellipsoid to oblong, hyaline to light yellowish, smooth, IKI-, 5.0-5.5 × 2.5-3.0 μm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Yilan : Chilanshan, alt. 1600 m, on rotten stem of Chamaecypris formosensis, Jul 1994, TFRI 576. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
Caucasus Mountains, Novosibirsk, Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Chang, TT. 1996a. |
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| Provided： |
T. T. Chang |
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| Note： |
The species is distinguished by the greenish olivaceous color of the pore surface and the strong unpleasant (pleasant) odor. | |||