Repetobasidium conicum (Oberw.) J. Erikss. & Hjortstam
no common name
Repetobasidiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Repetobasidiaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
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Species Information
Summary:
Repetobasidium conicum is similar to Repetobasidium mirificum but with conic cystidia.
Microscopic:
SPORES 5.5-7 x 4-5 microns, round to nearly round, smooth, inamyloid, acyanophilic, thin-walled; BASIDIA 4-spored, 8-12 x 5-7 microns, subglobose-pyriform, with basal clamp connection, subbasidial stem generally less than 25 microns; CYSTIDIA 30-40 x 5-7 microns, conic [widest at base], "not capitate or with a very slight apical enlargement, without coloured resinous encrustation but sometimes with a small oil-drop", with basal clamp connection; HYPHAE monomitic: basal hyphae 2-4 microns wide, closely attached to wood, with clamp connections, short perpendicular hymenial branches, (Eriksson)
Notes:
Repetobasidium conicum has been found several times in BC, was also found once in Sweden, and was originally described from Germany, (Eriksson).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Repetobasidium conicum is similar to R. mirificum in its spores but Repetobasidium conicum has conic cystidia, (Eriksson).Habitat
on Picea [spruce], (Eriksson)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Ramaria mutabilis Schild & R.H. Petersen