Meruliopsis pseudocystidiata (B.S. Jia & Y.C. Dai) C.C.Chen & Sheng H. Wu 2020
MycoBank MB830645
Holotype: CHINA. HUNAN PROVINCE: Yizhang County, Mangshan Nature Reserve, on rotten angiosperm stump, 25 Jun 2007, Dai 1704 (holotype in BJFC); JILIN PROVINCE: Antu County, Erdaobaihe Town, Changbaishan, Dayangdi, 42°23′N, 128°06′E, 700 m, on rotten wood, 9 Aug 2016, S.H. Wu, Wu 1608-196 (TNM F30616); 800 m, on rotten trunk, 6 Jul 2015, S.H. Wu, Wu 1507-25 (TNM F29842); YUNNAN PROVINCE: Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Nanhua County, Tujie Town, 24°49′N, 100° 46′E, 1915 m, on Pinus branch, 15 Aug 2017, C.C. Chen, GC 1708-315 (TNM F32214); ibid., GC 1708-317 (TNM F32215).
Morphological description
Habitat: On rotten angiosperm stump.
Distribution: In China.
GenBank Accession:
Notes: Meruliopsis pseudocystidiata resembles M. albostramineus (Torrend) Jülich & Stalpers by the merulioid to poroid hymenophore, basidiospore size (M. albostramineus: 3.5–5.5 × 1.5–2 μm in Ginns [1976] and 4.5–6 × 1.5–2 μm in Bernicchia and Gorjón [2010]; M. pseudocystidiata: 3.7–4.3 × 1.6–1.8 μm in Jia et al. [2014]), and presence of tubular cystidia. Moreover, M. albostramineus is associated with brown rot (Ginns 1976).
Reference: Che-Chih Chen a, Chi-Yu Chen a, Young Woon Lim b et al.
Basidiocarps of Meruliopsis species in general and detailed views. A. M. leptocystidiata (Wu 1708-43, holotype). B. M. nanlingensis (Wu 0805-110). C. M. parvispora (Wu 1209-58, holotype). D. M. pseudocystidiata (Dai 1704, holotype). E. M. variegata (Li 1780, holotype). Bars = 1 mm.