Athelopsis subinconspicua (Litsch.) Julich
no common name
Atheliaceae

Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.

Introduction to the Macrofungi

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Distribution of Athelopsis subinconspicua
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Species Information

Summary:
Features include 1) resupinate growth on wood, 2) pellicular to hypochnoid fruitbodies that are light yellowish with a faint greenish tint, the surface even and the margin thinning out, 3) spores that are broadly cylindric to broadly elliptic, smooth, inamyloid, and colorless, and 4) a monomitic hyphal system with clamp connections. The Eriksson description is for Athelopsis hypochnoidea Julich, given by Ginns (fide Julich) as a synonym.
Microscopic:
SPORES 6-7.5 x 4-4.5 microns, broadly cylindric to broadly elliptic, smooth, inamyloid, colorless, thin-walled, acyanophilic, contents granulose or slightly guttulate, with distinct apiculus; BASIDIA 4-spored, 13-18 x 4-5 microns, stemmed-cylindric, colorless, thin-walled, with a basal clamp connection, the sterigmata about 3.5 x 1 micron, "the contents homogeneous or slightly granulose"; CYSTIDIA absent; HYPHAE monomitic; hyphae 2-3 microns wide, cylindric, colorless, rather thin-walled (about 0.3 microns thick), "with clamps at all septa, the surface smooth or slightly covered with small granules or crystals", (Julich), SPORES 6.5-8 x 4-4.5 microns, elliptic, smooth, thin-walled; BASIDIA 4-spored, about 15-20 x 5 microns, clavate, with basal stem; CYSTIDIA absent; HYPHAE monomitic, of hyphae 2.5-3.5 microns wide, very loosely arranged, thin-walled, colorless, clamped, BASAL HYPHAE are straight and sparsely branched at right angles, while SUBHYMENIAL HYPHAE are more abundantly branched, (Eriksson)
Notes:
Athelopsis subinconspicua has been found in BC, ON, and PQ, (Ginns), and Europe including Norway and Sweden (Eriksson).

Habitat and Range

Habitat
saprophytic on rotten wood, (Julich), on fallen log (Ginns)