Phanerochaete fuscomarginata (Burt) Gilb.

Gorjón, Sergio P. & Jesus, Maria Aparecida De, 2012, Some new species and new records of corticioid fungi (Basidiomycota) from the Brazilian Amazon, Phytotaxa 67 (1), pp. 38-54 : 49-50

Phanerochaete fuscomarginata (Burt) Gilb.

The species is characterized by the presence of leptocystidia, ellipsoid basidiospores about 6–8 × 3.5–5 µm, and brown subicular hyphae with scattered single clamp-connections. Basidiospores are variable in size in the examined specimens, and usually vary from hyaline to pale brown. It has been reported from North America ( Burdsall 1985) and Uruguay in South America ( Gazzano 1994).

Specimens examined: — BRAZIL, Roraima, Alto Alegre - Amajari, Maracá Ecological Station , 14 Nov 2008, on dead trunks, leg. M.A. Jesus, LPM 4506 ; Roraima, Viruá National Park , 14 Nov 2009, on dead wood, leg. M.A. Jesus, LPM 7013 .