Phylloporus Quél.
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Description
Diagnosis: Pileus dry, tomentose to subtomentose, microscopically a trichodermium or a modified hymeniform layer. Context usually white, sometimes yellow, sometimes changing to blue when exposed. Hymenophore lamellate to subtubulose to radially boletinoid, sometimes changing to blue when bruised. Stipe central, rarely slightly eccentric, usually pruinose; basal mycelium white or yellow. Spore deposit olive brown, smooth, fusoid or ovoid, dextrinoid. Hymenial cystida present. Clamp connections absent (present in 1 or 2 species). NH4OH reactions negative or positive (usually blue or blue green; sometimes other colors).
Registration number: MB18275
Type species: Agaricus pelletieri Lév. in Crouan, Florule du Finistère: 81. 1867.
Ectomycorrhizae: Pinaceae, Fagaceae, Myrtaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Casuarinaceae, Mimosaceae.
Distribution: Tropical, boreal and austral; with some tendency for species to be geographically restricted.
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