Macro- and micro-characters in Hymenochaetales

Macro- and micro-characters in Hymenochaetales. A–I. Basidiome and hymenophore types. A, Cotylidia pannosa, stipitate with smooth hymenophore (photo David Mitchel, www.nifg.org.uk/photos.htm). B. Coltricia perennis, stipitate with poroid hymenophore. C. Contumyces rosella, stipitate with lamellae (gills). D. Clavariachaete rubiginosa (photo Roy Halling). E. Phellinus robustus, sessile to effuse-reflexed with poroid hymenophore (photo Andrej Kunca, Forest Research Institute, Slovakia, www.forestryimages.org). F. Coltricia montagnei, stipitate with contrical (concentric) lamellae (photo Dianna Smith, www.mushroo-mexpert.com). G. Hydnochaete olivacea, resupinate to effuse-reflexed with coarse, compressed spines (called aculei). H. Resinicium bicolor, resupinate with small, rounded aculei (spines). I. Hyphodontia arguta, resupinate with acute aculei. J, setal cystidium of Hymenochaete cinnamomea. Scale bars: A, D = 10 mm, B = 2 mm; G–I = 1 mm, J = 10 µm. Modified from Larsson et al., 2006 using graphic files kindly supplied by Prof. Karl-Henrik Larsson, Göteborg University, Sweden. Reprinted with permission from Mycologia. © The Mycological Society of America.