BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Postia sp. ined. (near P. ptychogaster) (a bracket fungus)

Date: 7 October 2000
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: MWS: 7/10/00 [B]
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State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: on Yew log sections
Associated organism: on log sections of Taxus baccata
Identification Notes: Well-developed brackets + imperfect stage
Imperfect stage: pinkish when young, exuding red droplets, becoming brown as matures, soft.
Perfect stage: a pallid Coriolus-like bracket, but softer and with larger pores.
Spores: 4-5/2-3µm, ellipsoid, hyaline
Context hyphae: septate, clamped, cylindric, 3.75-5µm wide.
Chlamydospores: 5.5-7/3.5-4.5µm, thick-walled.

Images etc

naked eye photograph Bracket (white) and imperfect stage (brown to pink) 500 by 297 pixels
naked eye photograph Bracket - close-up 500 by 362 pixels
naked eye photograph Bracket - close-up 500 by 366 pixels
naked eye photograph Bracket - underside - close-up 500 by 357 pixels
naked eye photograph Bracket - underside 500 by 375 pixels
naked eye photograph Brackets - close-up 500 by 428 pixels
naked eye photograph Brackets 500 by 389 pixels
naked eye photograph Imperfect stage - mature - close-up 500 by 375 pixels
naked eye photograph Imperfect stage - young - close-up 500 by 336 pixels
magnified photograph Pores - magnified 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Pores - magnified 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Pores at margin - magnified 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Pores 500 by 371 pixels
magnified photograph Pores 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Chlamydospores 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Chlamydospores 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Chlamydospores 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Chlamydospores 12 Kb 229 by 139 pixels
microscope photograph Context hyphae 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Context hyphae 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 500 by 400 pixels

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