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Amethicium

Amethicium Hjortstam 1983, in Gorjón, Studies in Fungi 5(1), 156 (2020).

Diagnosis: Basidiome resupinate, effuse, adnate, hymenial surface smooth, moderately soft, in the type species bluish to purplish. Hyphal system dimitic, basal hyphae intricately interwoven, binding hyphae thin- to moderately thick-walled, frequently branched, non-dextrinoid, subhymenial hyphae densely arranged, short-celled, thin-walled, with clamps. Cystidia absent. Basidia terminal, clavate, with 4-sterigmata, and a basal clamp. Basidiospores ellipsoid, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline, IKI–, CB–

Index Fungorum Number: IF25783

Type Species: Amethicium rimosum Hjortstam 1983

Species:

Amethicium chrysocreas (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sheng H. Wu 1990

Amethicium leoninum (Burds. & Nakasone) Sheng H. Wu 1990

Amethicium luteoincrustatum Hjortstam & Ryvarden 1986

Amethicium rimosum Hjortstam 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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