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Pseudomerulius

Pseudomerulius Jülich 1979, in Gorjón, Studies in Fungi 5(1), 262 (2020).

            Diagnosis: Basidiome resupinate, effused or effuse-reflexed, ceraceous to membranaceous, adnate, hymenophore merulioid, rhizomorphs absent. Hyphal system monomitic, clamps present at all or most septa, some ansiform, hyphae hyaline, thin-walled or somewhat thick-walled and distinctly swelling in KOH. Cystidia absent or only as hyphoid septate-hyphae. Basidia suburniform or narrowly clavate, with 4-sterigmata and a basal clamp. Basidiospores cylindrical or slightly curved, smooth, slightly thick-walled, light yellowish, inamyloid, slightly dextrinoid, cyanophilous.

            Index Fungorum Number: IF18404

            Type Species: Pseudomerulius aureus (Fr.) Jülich 1979

Species

Pseudomerulius aureus (Fr.) Jülich 1979

Pseudomerulius curtisii (Berk.) Redhead & Ginns 1985

Pseudomerulius elliottii (Massee) Jülich 1979

Pseudomerulius montanus (Burt) Kotir., K.H. Larss. & M. Kulju 2011

 

Reference:

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

 

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