Echinochaete brachypora (Mont.) Ryvarden, 1978

Zambrano-Forero, Cristian J, Davila-Giraldo, Lina R, Motato-Vasquez, Viviana, Villanueva, Paula X, Rondon-Barragan, Iang S & Murillo-Arango, Walter, 2023, Diversity and distribution of macrofungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota) in Tolima, a Department of the Colombian Andes: an annotated checklist, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 104307-104307 : 104307

Echinochaete brachypora (Mont.) Ryvarden, 1978

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: ZF 39 ; occurrenceID: 782AB130-A1F0-5280-8055-8A3B41D169A4; Location: higherGeography: Colombia; Tolima; Municipality of Ibague ; JBSJ; verbatimElevation: 1200 m; verbatimCoordinates: 4°27'6.7"N 75°13'19.8"W; Event: eventDate: 22 Sep 2019; Record Level: collectionCode: FUT

Notes

The dark brown setoid elements are unique for this species. This is the first record of the species for Tolima.

Diagnosis

Basidiome stipitate, dimidiate, pale orange, glabrous (Fig. 3 E). Pore surface whitish-orange to dark brown. Pores irregular to angular 1-2 per mm. Hyphal structure dimitic, generative hyphae hyaline, thin-walled and clamped, binding hyphae moderately branched, thick-walled. Setoid elements present, thick-walled and common in the hymenium. Basidiospores cylindrical, hyaline, smooth, thin-walled, negative in Melzer’s Reagent, 8.9-13.6 × 5.8-8.5 µm.

Figures

Figure 3. Fresh basidiomata of species as new records for the Department of Tolima. A Basidiomata of Rigidoporus microporus (LRD 137); B Basidiomata of Rigidoporus vinctus (LRD 144); C Basidiomata of Podoscypha venustula (ZF 29); D Basidiomata of Diplomitoporus hondurensus (ZF 38); E Basidiomata of Echinochaete brachypora (ZF 39); F Basidiomata of Lentinus velutinus (LRD 136); G-H Basidiomata of Nigroporus vinosus (LRD 125); I Basidiomata of Polyporus dictyopus (LRD 9); J Basidiomata of Trametes maxima (PXVB 21); K Basidiomata of Trichaptum sector (PXVB 7). Scale bars = 1 cm. Photos by: Lina Davila (I); Ana Maria Davila (B); Paula Villanueva (A, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K)