Gloeophyllum carbonarium (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Ryvarden
no common name
Gloeophyllaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Gloeophyllaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Gloeophyllum carbonarium is "usually easy to recognize by the umber brown, soft and pliable fruitbody with relatively large hexagonal pores and its preference for charred wood" (Gilbertson). The description is derived from Gilbertson(1).
Microscopic:
spores 7-9 x 2-3 microns, cylindric to suballantoid [somewhat curved], smooth, inamyloid, colorless; basidia 4-spored, 30-38 x 5-6.5 microns, narrowly clavate, with basal clamp connection; cystidia none; hyphal system dimitic, generative hyphae 2-4 microns wide, with clamp connections, skeletal hyphae predominant, 2-4 microns wide, "yellowish to rusty brown, thick-walled, unbranched to occasionally dichotomously branched"
Notes:
Gloeophyllum carbonarium has been found in BC, WA, OR, ID, ON, AZ, CA, FL, GA, MI, MT, NM, NY, SC, TN, and Nepal, (Gilbertson).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
A few Phellinus spp. have similar macroscopic features, but the curved spores, clamp connections, and lack of setae distinguish G. carbonarium (Ginns(28))Habitat
on charred coniferous wood, causes a brown cubical rot
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Grandinia juniperi (Bourdot & Galzin) Julich
Hexagonia carbonaria Berk. & M.A. Curtis
Hyphodontia juniperi (Bourdot & Galzin) J. Erikss.
Trametes sequoiae Copel.