Biology:Crepidotus affinis

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Crepidotus affinis
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Crepidotus affinis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Crepidotaceae
Genus: Crepidotus
Species:
C. affinis
Binomial name
Crepidotus affinis
E. Horak. In: CBS Biodiversity Series 16: 17. (2018).[1]

Crepidotus affinis is a species of saprophytic fungus in the family Crepidotaceae with a stipeless sessile cap.[2] The fungus was described by Egon Horak in 2018 and has been found in New Zealand, Panama, and the Philippines.[3]

Description

Crepidotus affinis has a similar gross morphology with C. exilis, though it has larger basidiospores and clavate cheilocystidia with a small capitate apex. The cap is fan shaped (flabelliform) with a straight margin. Colour is light brown becoming lighter towards the margin with a fine grained wrinkled (rugulose) surface.[3]

References

Bibliography

  • Horak, Egon (2018). Fungi of New Zealand. Volume 6: Agaricales (Basidiomycota) of New Zealand (e-book ed.). 
  • Brown spored genera p.p. Crepidotus, Flammulaster, Inocybe, Phaeocollybia, Phaeomarasmius, Pleuroflammula, Pyrrhoglossum, Simocybe, Tubaria and Tympanella. Fungi of New Zealand Nga Hekaheka o Aotearoa Volume 6. Utrecht, The Netherlands: Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute. 


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