| Microporellus papuensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Microporellus |
| Species: | M. papuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Microporellus papuensis Decock (2007) | |
Microporellus papuensis is a species of poroid fungus in the family Polyporaceae that was described as new in 2007. It was found growing from the ground (possibly on a buried root) in Madang, Papua New Guinea, and is only known to occur in the type locality.
Description
The fungus is characterised by fruit bodies featuring a cap that is laterally attached to the stipe (pleuropodal), to shelf-like (applanate), to slightly convex in shape. The caps are whitish to greyish white; when fresh, there are some violet tints that disappear. Pores on the underside of the cap are medium-sized (relative to other Microporellus species), numbering 3–5 per millimetre. Microscopic characteristics include the presence of cystidia in the hymenium, and more or less spherical to tear-shaped spores that measure 6.5–7.5 by 5.0–6.0 μm.
References
- Decock, Cony (2007). "On the genus Microporellus, with two new species and one recombination (M. papuensis spec. nov., M. adextrinoideus spec. nov., and M. terrestris comb. nov.)" (PDF). Czech Mycology. 59 (2): 153–170.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Microporellus papuensis | |
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