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Crepidotus brunnescens
Crepidotus brunnescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Crepidotaceae
Genus:	Crepidotus
Species:	C. brunnescens
Binomial name
Crepidotus brunnescens Hesler & A.H.Sm.

Crepidotus brunnescens, is a species of saprophytic fungus in the family Crepidotaceae with a stipeless sessile cap which is smooth and yellowish-brown. It is often found on hardwood logs such as Quercus.

Description

Caps with a basal tomentum. Odor not distinctive. Clamps present in the pileipellis and the lamellar trama. Cheilocystidia is hyaline and capitate. Basidia have four sterigmata. Spores brown, thick-walled, apparently smooth and subglobose. Spores: (5.4) 5.6 – 6.2 (6.8) × (4.9) 5.1 – 5.7 (6.2) μm.

References

1. North American species of Crepidotus: 52 (1965)
2. "Index Fungorum - Name Record- Crepidotus brunnescens Hesler & A.H. Sm". Index fungorum. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
3. "Crepidotus brunnescens Hesler & A.H.Sm. Collected 16 September 2017". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2022-06-21.

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