Species
Phanerochaete corymbata
Common Name(s)
None
Qualifiers
2009 - OL
Authority
(G.Cunn.) Burds.
Family
Phanerochaetaceae, Basidiomycetes
Flora Category
Fungi - Native
Synonyms
Corticium corymbatum G.Cunn., Ceraceomyces corymbatus (G.Cunn.) Stalpers
Distribution
Gisborne, Japan, USA
Features
The basidiocarp is broadly effuse, up to 15 x 2.5 cm, and up to 150 µm thick. It is membranous and tightly adherent. The fertile area is continuous, smooth, not cracked, yellowish white to dull yellow. The margin is up to 0.25 mm wide, irregular in outline, and white. The basidia are clavate with a slight median constriction, (27–)35–40 x 6.5–8.5 µm, thin walled, and hyaline, with 4 sterigmata up to 5 um long. The basidiospores are narrowly ellipsoid, (7–)8–9.5 x 3.5–4.5 µm, hyaline, thin walled, and smooth.
Fruiting
Known from a single collection made in May 1952.
Substrate
On hardwood branches; associated with a white rot of Brachyglottis repanda.
Where Held
PDD (holotype), BPI (isotype)
Extant Collections
1
This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010