Dentocorticium irregulare

Dentocorticium irregulare
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Dentocorticium
Species: D. irregulare
Binomial name
Dentocorticium irregulare
Ryvarden (1978)

Dentocorticium irregulare is a species of crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was described as new to science in 1978 (as Dentocorticium irregularis) by Norwegian mycologist Leif Ryvarden. It was found growing on the bark of a deciduous tree in Akagera National Park, near Lake Ihema, in Rwanda. Fruitbodies are white, crust-like, and have a cheesy consistency. The spore-bearing (hymenial) surface features shallow and irregular pores, flattened "teeth", and ridges. The spores are cylindrical, hyaline (translucent), and measure 6.5–9–3–4.5 μm.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Ryvarden L. (1978). "Studies in the Aphyllophorales of Africa 6 Some Species from Eastern Central Africa". Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van België 48 (1/2): 79–117 (see pp. 83–86). JSTOR 3667919.

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