Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Platygloeales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Heterochaete delicata | |||
Author: | Heterochaete delicata (Kl. ex Berk.) Bres., Hedwigia 53: 77. 1912.. Basionym: Hydnum delicatum Kl. ex Berk., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 395. 1839.. |
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Description: | Basidiocarp resupinate, at first of orbicular patches, then effused, up to 500 μm thick. Hymenial surface grayish yellow or whitish yellow, odontioid, not cracked; margin somewhat reflexed, yellowish white, forming an immature zone; aculei 7-10 per mm, up to 200 μm long, up to 50 μm wide. Hyphal system dimitic; generative hyphae nodose-septate. Subicular hyphae colorless, 1.5-2.5 μm diam., thin-walled; skeletal hyphae yellow, 2-4 μm diam, with wide lumen. Hyphal pegs arising from the subiculum, composed of skeletal hyphae. Cystidia lacking. Branched hyphidia distributed in hymenium. Basidia subclavate, divided by a longitudinal septum into 2 cells, 15-20 × 8-10 μm, each cell bearing a big sterigma. Basidiospores suballantoid, smooth, thin-walled, guttulate, 14-20 × 6-7.5 μm, IKI-, CB-. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan. Nantou: Tungpu, entrance of Salishienhsi Forest Road, alt. 1,300 m, on branch of angiosperm, 24 Nov 1993, Wu 9311-58 (TNM). Kaohsiung: Chaishan, on branch of angiosperm, 15 Feb 1992, Wu 920215-4 (TNM). |
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Habitat: | null | |||
Distribution: | Pantropical, but not recorded from Africa. |
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References: | Wu, SH. 1993. |
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Provided: | S. H. Wu |
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Note: | This species is distinct in having two-celled basidia. | |||