Tomentella kootenaiensis M.J. Larsen
no common name
Thelephoraceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Thelephoraceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Features include 1) resupinate growth on wood, 2) a mould-like adherent fruitbody colored dull grayish brown, the surface smooth, the margin farinaceous to pruinose, the subiculum thin and colored as the spore-bearing surface, 3) spores that are round or irregularly round, echinulate, and pale brown, 4) subicular hyphae that are noticeably thick-walled, with clamp connections, and often irregular with swollen and torose segments.
Microscopic:
SPORES 8-11 microns in diameter, round to less frequently irregularly round sometimes flattened adaxially, echinulate, pale brown; BASIDIA 4-spored, 40-60 x 6-7(8) microns, clavate, with clamp connection at base, sterigmata up to 6 microns long; SUBHYMENIAL HYPHAE 3-5 microns wide, pale yellow to colorless, with clamp connections; SUBICULAR HYPHAE 4-7 microns wide, noticeably thick-walled, with clamp connections, often irregular and then with swollen and torose segments up to 9 microns wide, pale yellowish brown, (Larsen)
Notes:
Tomentella kootenaiensis has been found in BC and AB (Ginns(5)).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Tomentella sublilacina is similar but has spores that are irregular in outline to strongly lobed and are usually elongated along one axis (Larsen).Habitat
on Populus sp., also on coniferous wood, (Larsen)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Guepiniopsis minuta L.S. Olive