Biology:Steccherinum tenue

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Steccherinum tenue
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S. tenue
Binomial name
Steccherinum tenue
Burds. & Nakasone (1981)
Synonyms
  • Irpex tenuis (Burds. & Nakasone) Saaren. & Kotir. (2002)[1]

Steccherinum tenue is a hydnoid crust fungus of the family Steccherinaceae. It is found in the southern United States, where it grows on decaying angiospermous wood. The fungus was described as a new species in 1981 by mycologists Harold Burdsall and Karen Nakasone. The type, found growing on grape plants (Vitis), was collected in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee ) along the Rainbow Falls Trail. Steccherinum tenue has also been found on maple (Acer). The fungus is characterized by its thin grayish-yellow fruit bodies with grey to bluish-grey margins, a lack of rhizomorphs, and a scarcely developed subiculum. The specific epithet tenue (Latin for "thin") refers to the thin fruit bodies.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10678000 entry