Amylocorticiellum subillaqueatum
Amylocorticiellum subillaqueatum (Litsch.) Spirin & Zmitr. 2002, in Spirin & Zmitr, Mikologiya i Fitopatologiya 36, 22 (2002).
Diagnosis: Basidiome resupinate, effused, hymenophore smooth, whitish to cream coloured or yellowish, margin indeterminate or fibrillose. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae with clamps, 2-5 µm wide. Cystidia absent. Basidia clavate, 25-30 x 4-5 µm, 4-sterigmata, with a narrow almost stalked base and a basal clamp. Basidiospores ellipsoid, 3.5-4.5 x 2-2.5 µm, smooth, thick-walled, with a greyish reaction in Melzer, cyanophilous.
Index Fungorum Number: IF374064
Figure 1. Microscopic characters of Amylocorticiellum subillaqueatum. a. subicular hyphae; b. basidia, c. basidia developing directly on marginal hypha, d. basidiospores (Budington & Gilbertson 1973).
References:
Budington, A. B., & Gilbertson, R. L. (1973). Some Southwestern lignicolous Hymenomycetes of special interest. The Southwestern Naturalist, 409-422.
Zmitrovich, I.V. & Spirin, V.A. (2002). A contribution to the taxonomy of corticioid fungi. II. The genera Serpula, Serpulomyces gen. nov., Amylocorticiellum gen. nov. Mikologiya i Fitopatologiya 36, 11-26.
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