Hydnoporia corrugata (Fr.) K.H. Larss. & Spirin, (glue fungus, glue crust)


28 Sep 1998 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record Summaryon underside of Alder(?) log
Found asFruitbody
Date28 September 1998
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher28 Sep 1998[B]
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Notes:

Fruitbody: smoke grey, patchily stained sienna, fulvous or snuff brown where it has got wet; black in KOH.

Margin: whitish, radially fibrillose.

Microscopically, the surface is white (perhaps v. pale pink) with abundant projecting reddish brown setae which give the fungus its colour macroscopically.

Spores: not seen.

Setae: thick-walled, hollow, often sinuate, base curved, forked, black in KOH.

Context hyphae: sienna, without setae, thick-walled, septate, not clamped.

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