Phylum：Basidiomycota　>>　Class： Basidiomycetes　>>　 Order： Russulales 
   
 
　BCRC Number： NO BCRC Number!  
   
　Scientific Name： Peniophora malaiensis
 
   
   
　Author：

Peniophora malaiensis Boidin, Lanquetin & Gilles, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 107: 137. 1991.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Basidiocarp resupinate, effuse, adnate, membranaceous, 40-120 μm thick in section. Hymenial surface pinkish gray, smooth, occasionally cracked; margin thinning, concolorous. Hyphal system monomitic; hyphae simple-septate. Subiculum fairly uniform, composed of a basal layer, with compact texture; hyphae brownish, horizonal, usually glued together, 2-3.5 μm diam, thick-walled. Hymenium ± thickening. Hymenial layer with compact texture; hyphae colorless toward hymenium, slightly brown near subiculum, mainly vertical, thin- or slightly thick-walled. Lamprocystidia mostly immersed, heavily encrusted, conical, yellow or brownish, 20-35 × 8-16 μm (encrustation included), with 1-2.5 μm thick walls. Gloeocystidia numerous, colorless, yellow or slightly brown, cylindrical, usually tapering to acute apices, 25-55 × 6-11 μm, thick-walled toward bases, SA+. Basidia subclavate or cylindrical, 25-35 × 4-5 μm, 4-sterigmate. Basidiospores suballantoid, smooth, thin-walled, 6-7.2 × 2.2-3 μm, IKI-, CB-.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Taiwan. Taipei: Yangminshan, alt. 450 m, on branch of angiosperm, 1 Jul 1988, Wu 880701-12 (TNM). Ilan: Fushan Botanical Garden, on branch of angiosperm, 7 Aug 1991, Wu 910807-13 (TNM). Nantou: Lienhuachih, alt. 700 m, on branch of angiosperm, 5 Jul 1993, Wu 9307-30 (TNM). Neimaopu, Tachieshan, alt. 750 m, on branch of angiosperm, 13 Oct 1994, Wu 9410-18 (TNM). Pingtung: Kenting National Park, Nanjenshan, alt. 150 m, on branch of Cyclobalanopsis globosa, 16 Jun 1992, Wu 9206-41.
 
 
 
　Habitat： null
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Singapore (type locality), Taiwan.
 
 
 
　References：

Wu, SH. 2003.
   
   
   
　Provided：

S. H. Wu
 
 
　Note： This species is very close to P. taiwanensis. See discussion in the notes of the latter.