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Crassisporus

Crassisporus B.K. Cui & Xing in Ji, Wu, Liu, Si & Cui, MycoKeys. 57:61-84 (2019)

            Etymology: Crassisporus (Lat.): referring to thick-walled basidiospores.

            Diagnosis: Basidiocarps annual, effused-reflexed to pileate. Pileal surface pale yellowish brown, yellowish brown to umber-brown when dry, concentrically zonate or sulcate, velutinate. Pore surface usually white, cream buff to cinnamon-buff when fresh, buff, pale yellowish brown to yellowish brown when dry. Context pale yellowish brown to yellowish brown, leathery to corky when dry. Tubes concolorous with the context, corky when dry. Hyphal system trimitic with clamped generative hyphae, skeletal hyphae hyaline to pale yellowish brown, binding hyphae hyaline to pale yellowish brown, negative in Melzer’s reagent, tissues turning to black in KOH. Cystidia absent, thin-walled cystidioles usually present. Basidiospores oblong to broadly ellipsoid, hyaline, smooth, slightly thick-walled, IKI-, CB-. Causing a white rot.

            Index Fungorum Number: IF 828486

Type species: Crassisporus macroporus B.K. Cui & Xing in Ji, Wu, Liu, Si & Cui, MycoKeys. 57:61-84 (2019)

 

Species:

Crassisporus imbricatus B.K. Cui & Xing Ji 2019

Crassisporus leucoporus B.K. Cui & Xing Ji 2019

Crassisporus microspores B.K. Cui & Xing Ji 2019

Crassisporus macroporus B.K. Cui & Xing Ji 2019

 

Reference:

Ji, X; Wu, DM; Liu, S; Si, J; Cui, BK. 2019. Crassisporus gen. nov. (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycota) evidenced by morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses with descriptions of four new species. MycoKeys. 57:61-84

 

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