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Cericium

Cericium Hjortstam 1995, in Gorjón, Studies in Fungi 5(1), 178 (2020).

Diagnosis: Basidiome resupinate, thick, stratified, fairly brittle and ceraceous, hymenophore smooth or slightly tuberculate, pale coloured or ochraceous. Hyphal system dimitic, subicular hyphae arboriform (binding hyphae), hyaline, without clamps, generative hyphae thin-walled, hyaline to yellowish, with clamps. Cystidia thin-walled, basally strongly encrusted with resinous yellowish matter, about 70-100 μm long. Basidia subclavate, in a rather dense layer, with 4-sterigmata, and a basal clamp. Basidiospores ellipsoid, smooth, thin-walled, IKI–, CB–.

Index Fungorum Number: IF27404

Type Species: Cericium luteoincrustatum (Hjortstam & Ryvarden) Hjortstam 1995

 

Species:

Cericium gloeocystidiatum S.H. He, Y.P. Zhang & Nakasone 2024

Cericium luteoincrustatum (Hjortstam & Ryvarden) Hjortstam 1995

 

Reference:

Gorjón, S.P. (2020). Genera of corticioid fungi: keys, nomenclature, and taxonomy. Studies in Fungi 5(1), 125–309.

 

About Basidiomycota

The webpage Basidiomycota provides an up-to-date classification and account of all genera of the phylum Basidiomycota.

 

Supported by 

Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI)

project entitled:

"Macrofungi diversity research from the Lancang-Mekong Watershed and surrounding areas"

(Grant No. DBG6280009)

Contact

  • Email: basidio.org@yahoo.com
  • Addresses:
    Mushroom Research Foundation, 292 Moo 18, Bandu District,
    Muang Chiangrai 57100, Thailand
  • The State Key Lab of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.3 1st Beichen West Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R. China


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