| Exidia alveolata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Auriculariales |
| Family: | Auriculariaceae |
| Genus: | Exidia |
| Species: | E. alveolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Exidia alveolata Pat. (1893) | |
Exidia alveolata is a species of fungus in the family Auriculariaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are gelatinous, pale smoky brown, alveolate (shallowly pitted like a honeycomb), and with sparse pegs or spicules on the surface. The species is currently known only from its original collection in Ecuador.
Description
Exidia alveolata forms smoky brown, gelatinous fruit bodies that are effused and alveolate, around 4 centimetres (1+1⁄2 in) across. Small hyphal pegs or spicules are scattered on the surface.
Microscopic characters
The microscopic characters are typical of the genus Exidia. The basidia are ellipsoid, septate, 14 to 17 by 10 to 12.5 μm. The spores are weakly allantoid (sausage-shaped), 10.5 to 16 by 4 to 6 μm.
References
- ^ Patouillard NT, de Lagerheim G. (1893). "Champignons de l'Equateur III". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 9: 124–151.
- ^ Roberts P (2006). "Caribbean Heterobasidiomycetes: 2. Jamaica". Mycotaxon. 96: 83–107.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Exidia alveolata | |