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Pirex

Pirex Hjortstam & Ryvarden 1985, in Gorjón, Studies in Fungi 5(1), 258 (2020).

            Diagnosis: Basidiome resupinate, effused. Hymenophore odontioid or hydnoid to subporoid. Subiculum dark brown. Hyphal system monomitic, hyphae with clamps, subicular hyphae dark coloured. Cystidia absent. Basidia clavate, with 4 sterigmata and a basal clamp. Basidiospores, ellipsoid to subcylindrical, smooth, thin-walled, IKI–, with oily inclusions.

            Index Fungorum Number: IF25584

            Type Species: Pirex concentricus (Cooke & Ellis) Hjortstam & Ryvarden 1985

 

Species

Pirex concentricus (Cooke & Ellis) Hjortstam & Ryvarden 1985

Pirex subvinosus (Berk. & Broome) Hjortstam 1987

 

Reference:

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

 

About Basidiomycota

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Supported by 

Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI)

project entitled:

"Macrofungi diversity research from the Lancang-Mekong Watershed and surrounding areas"

(Grant No. DBG6280009)

Contact

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  • Addresses:
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    Muang Chiangrai 57100, Thailand
  • The State Key Lab of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.3 1st Beichen West Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R. China


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