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Leucophellinus

Leucophellinus Bondartsev & Singer 1944, in Gorjón, Studies in Fungi 5(1), 233 (2020).

            Diagnosis: Basidiome resupinate to pileate, pileal surface if present densely tomentose. Pores angular, cream to light brown, context cream. Hyphal system monomitic, generative hyphae simple-septate. Cystidia clavate to tubular, sinuous, thin- to thick-walled, adventitious septa may occur, usually not encrusted but a resinous matter may be covering the cystidia. Basidia clavate, with 4-sterigmate, simple-septate at the base. Basidiospores broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, smooth, thick-walled. Causing a white rot.

            Index Fungorum Number: IF17970

            Type Species: Leucophellinus irpicoides (Bondartsev ex Pilát) Bondartsev & Singer 1944

 

Species:

Leucophellinus hobsonii (Berk. ex Cooke) Ryvarden 1988

Leucophellinus irpicoides (Bondartsev ex Pilát) Bondartsev & Singer 1944

Leucophellinus mollissimus (Pat.) Parmasto 1983

 

Reference:

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

 

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