Corticiales » Corticiales genera incertae sedis

Leptocorticium

Leptocorticium Hjortstam & Ryvarden 2002, in Gorjón, Studies in Fungi 5(1), 231 (2020).

            Diagnosis: Basidiome resupinate, adnate, crustaceous, hymenophore smooth, margin indeterminate. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae with clamps, hyaline, thin-walled. Dendrohyphidia present and numerous. Cystidia (leptocystidia), almost subulate, thin-walled, basally encrusted. Basidia clavate, subpedunculate, with 4-sterigmata, and a basal clamp. Basidiospores subfusiform to navicular, smooth, thin- to slightly thick-walled, IKI–, CB–.

            Index Fungorum Number: IF28653

            Type Species: Leptocorticium cyatheae (S. Ito & S. Imai) Hjortstam & Ryvarden 2002

 

Species:

Leptocorticium capitulatum Hjortstam & Ryvarden 2005

Leptocorticium cyatheae (S. Ito & S. Imai) Hjortstam & Ryvarden 2002

Leptocorticium gloeocystidiatum Gorjón & Saitta 2014

Leptocorticium indicum Samita, Sanyal & Dhingra 2015

Leptocorticium sasae (Boidin, Cand. & Gilles) Nakasone 2005

Leptocorticium tenellum Nakasone 2005

Leptocorticium torrendii (Bres.) Ghob.-Nejh. 2009

Leptocorticium utribasidiatum (Boidin & Gilles) Nakasone 2005

 

Reference:

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

 

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