Fungalpedia – Note 122 Purpureocorticium
Purpureocorticium S.H. Wu
Citation when using this entry: et al., in prep – Fungalpedia, genera and higher taxa of 2022. Mycosphere.
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The corticioid genus Purpureocorticium was introduced by Wu et al. (2018) to accommodate Purpureocorticium microsporum (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) based on morphological study and phylogenetic analyses of LSU and ef1-α. It was found on an angiosperm branch in mountainous Taiwan. Purpureocorticium is characterized by having a resupinate basidiocarp with smooth hymenial surface, turning purple in KOH, and becomes purplish after storage. The subiculum has a compact texture, nodose-septate generative hyphae, without cystidia, basidia are subclavate with a median constriction, or utriform, and basidiospores are ovate-ellipsoid, smooth and thin-walled, inamyloid and nondextrinoid (Wu et al. 2018). A detailed description for this species was given in Wu et al. (2018).
Type species: Purpureocorticium microsporum S.H. Wu
Figure 1 – Purpureocorticium microsporum (redrawn from Wu et al. 2018). a Basidiocarp section. b Subicular hyphae. c Asidioles. d Basidia. e Basidiospores. Scale Bars: a-e = 10 µm.
Reference
Wu SH, Wang DM, Chen YP. 2018 – Purpureocorticium microsporum (Basidiomycota) gen. et sp. nov. from East Asia. Mycological Progress 17, 357–364.
Entry by
Norphanphoun C., Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand and Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand
(Edited by Kevin D. Hyde)
Published online 22 September 2023