Tyromyces galactinus (Berk.) J. Lowe
no common name
Incrustoporiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Incrustoporiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Features include a white sappy fruitbody with a coarsely hairy to bristly cap, a fragrant odor, flesh that is zoned or dries very dense, growth on hardwood in association with a white rot, and microscopic characters. The description is derived from Gilbertson(1) except where noted.
Odor:
slight fragrant odor when fresh
Microscopic:
spores 2.5-3 x 2-2.5 microns, elliptic to oval, colorless, inamyloid, thin-walled; basidia 4-spored 12-16 x 4-6 microns, clavate, with basal clamp; cystidia absent; hyphae monomitic, "generative hyphae with clamps, in the context thin-walled, 4-7 microns wide and branched, in the upper part partly in strands and more sparingly branched, in the trama more narrow, 2-5 microns wide"
Notes:
Tyromyces galactinus has been found in BC, WA, OR, NS, PQ, AL, AR, DE, IA, IN, KY, LA, MA, ME, MN, MO, MT, NC, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, and WV, (Gilbertson).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Tyromyces chioneus has a cap surface that is white to dark gray, and finely tomentose to bald, spores are 4-5 x 1.5-2.0 microns, and there are skeletal hyphae in the trama, whereas T. galactinus has a cap surface that is white to pale gray, and strigose to hispid, spores are 2.5-3.0 x 2.0-2.5 microns, and skeletal hyphae are lacking, (Ginns(28)).Habitat
annual, single or imbricate [shingled], on dead deciduous wood, associated with a white rot
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Hymenochaete tabacina (Sowerby: Fr.) Lev.
Polyporus galactinus Berk.
Pseudochaete tabacina (Sowerby) T. Wagner & M. Fisch.