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Luteoporia

Luteoporia F. Wu, Jia J. Chen & S.H. He 2016, in Wu et al., Phytotaxa 263 (1): 37 (2016)

Etymology. Luteoporia (Lat.): referring to the yellow poroid hymenophore.

Diagnosis: Basidiocarps annual, resupinate, soft when fresh, hard corky upon drying. Hymenophore poroid; pore surface yellow when fresh, straw-coloured when dry; pores angular to irregular; dissepiments thin, lacerate. Margin cottony, thinning out. Hyphal system monomitic; generative hyphae with clamp connections; tissues become red in KOH. Cystidia-like hyphae projecting out of hymenium, cystidioles present. Basidia subclavate to barrel-shaped, bearing four sterigmata and a basal clamp connection. Basidiospores oblong-ellipsoid, hyaline, thin-walled, smooth, IKI-, CB-.

Index Fungorum Number: IF815683

Type species: Luteoporia albomarginata F. Wu, Jia J. Chen & S.H. He 2016, in Wu et al., Phytotaxa 263 (1): 37 (2016)

Notes: Luteoporia is distinguished from other fungal genera by having yellow poroid hymenophore, a monomitic hyphal structure, generative hyphae with clamp connections, cystidia-like hyphae projecting out of hymenium.

Species:

Luteoporia albomarginata F. Wu, Jia J. Chen & S.H. He 2016

Luteoporia citriniporia Z.B. Liu & Yuan Yuan 2020

Luteoporia lutea (G. Cunn.) C.C. Chen & Sheng H. Wu 2021

Luteoporia straminea C.L. Zhao 2023

 

Reference:

Wu, F., Yuan, Y., Chen, J. J., & He, S. H. (2016). Luteoporia albomarginata gen. et sp. nov.(Meruliaceae, Basidiomycota) from tropical China. Phytotaxa, 263(1), 31-41.

 

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