Crepidotus brunnescens

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Crepidotus brunnescens
Crepidotus brunnescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Crepidotaceae
Genus: Crepidotus
Species:
C. brunnescens
Binomial name
Crepidotus brunnescens
Hesler & A.H.Sm.[1][2]

Crepidotus brunnescens, is a species of saprophytic fungus in the family Crepidotaceae with a stipeless sessile cap which is smooth and yellowish-brown. It is often found on hardwood logs such as Quercus.

Description[edit]

Caps with a basal tomentum. Odor not distinctive. Clamps present in the pileipellis and the lamellar trama. Cheilocystidia is hyaline and capitate. Basidia have four sterigmata. Spores brown, thick-walled, apparently smooth and subglobose. Spores: (5.4) 5.6 – 6.2 (6.8) × (4.9) 5.1 – 5.7 (6.2) µm.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ North American species of Crepidotus: 52 (1965) [MB#329236]
  2. ^ "Index Fungorum - Name Record- Crepidotus brunnescens Hesler & A.H. Sm". Index fungorum. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  3. ^ "Crepidotus brunnescens Hesler & A.H.Sm. Collected 16 September 2017". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2022-06-21.