Dichostereum boreale (Pouzar) Ginns & M.N.L. Lefebvre
no common name
Lachnocladiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Lachnocladiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
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Species Information
Summary:
Features include 1) resupinate growth on conifer wood, 2) a fruitbody surface that is ochraceous-buff and granular, 3) spores measuring 4-6 x 3-4 microns, that are amyloid and subtly ornamented with small warts and ridges, 4) granular gloeocystidia, and 5) strongly dextrinoid dichophyses.
Microscopic:
SPORES 4-6 x 3-4 microns, elliptic, "subtly ornamented with small warts and ridges", amyloid; GLOEOCYSTIDIA present, filled with granular material; dichophyses abundant, up to 5 microns wide, strongly dextrinoid, (Castellano)
Notes:
It has been found in BC, WA, OR, ID, AB, ON, AZ, CO, MI, MN, MT, NH, NM, and SD, (Ginns).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Dichostereum pallescens "has more highly ornamented, larger spores (6-7.5 x 5.5-6.5 microns), narrow dichophyses (up to 2 microns in diam), and lacks gloeocystidia", (Castellano). Dichostereum effuscatum has larger spores (6-8 x 5.5-7 microns), and smaller dichophyses, (Castellano).Habitat
on conifer logs, associated with a white rot, (Ginns), saprophytic on dead conifer wood; fruits May, July, October, (Castellano)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Anomoporia myceliosa (Peck) Pouzar
Ceriporiopsis myceliosa (Peck) Ryvarden & Gilb.