BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Ischnoderma resinosum (Schrad.) P. Karst., 1880 (a bracket fungus)
| Warning: | Identification questionable |
| Date: | 13 November 2004 |
| Location: | Berks, England |
| Voucher: | 13/11/2004[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
| State: | Fruitbody |
| Record Summary: | Young fruitbodies, in tiers, on dead, fallen, decorticate Chestnut log |
| Associated organism: | in tiers on dead, fallen, decorticate log of Castanea sativa |
| Identification Notes: | Cap cuticle with black resinous patches in older parts. Pores collapsing on drying in places. Form with very short spores. Dried context white, with blue tinge when cut! Spore print: white. Spores: hyaline, narrowly ellipsoid, 4-5/2.5µm. No reaction in Melzer's. Cuticle of thick-walled, clamped, repent, hyphae 4-5µm diam. Context of narrow, thin-walled, clamped hyphae, swelling to 2.5-5µm diam in 10% KOH. Trama of thin-walled clamped hyphae, c.1.5µm diam. |
Images etc
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On cut end of log - in situ | 500 by 347 pixels | ||
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Pores - enlarged | 500 by 353 pixels | ||
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Pores - magnified | 500 by 332 pixels | ||
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Upper surface - close-up - in situ | 500 by 332 pixels | ||
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Upper surface - enlarged | 500 by 332 pixels | ||
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Upper surface - magnified | 500 by 332 pixels | ||
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Underside - close-up | 500 by 346 pixels | ||
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Context hyphae - magnified | 500 by 431 pixels | ||
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Context hyphae - magnified | 500 by 333 pixels | ||
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Context hyphae - magnified | 500 by 497 pixels | ||
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Context hyphae - magnified | 500 by 492 pixels | ||
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Cuticle hyphae - magnified - showing clamp | 500 by 420 pixels | ||
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Cuticle hyphae - magnified - showing clamp | 500 by 393 pixels | ||
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Spores - magnified | 491 by 500 pixels | ||
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Spores - magnified | 394 by 500 pixels | ||
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Spores - magnified | 479 by 500 pixels | ||
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Spores - magnified | 494 by 500 pixels | ||
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Spores - highly magnified | 500 by 465 pixels |
