Part 41

Spores brown Serpula

13. Spore-bearing layer containing long, brown spines Hymenochaete

Fruit-body lacking spines although often having encrusted sterile cells 14

14. Surface of fruit-body more or less radiately veined Phlebia

Surface of fruit-body not radiately veined 15

15. Spores brown Coniophora

Spores colourless 16

16. Flesh distinctly formed and fruit-body with or without a well formed cap Stereum & related genera

Flesh poorly differentiated and fruit-body lacking a cap members of the Corticiaceae (including Peniophora & Hyphodontia p. 176)

17. Spores borne on teeth or spines 18

Spore-bearing layer lining tubes or elongate pores 22

18. Fruit-body with central stem; agaric-like but not attached to cones 19

Fruit-body encrusting or bracket-like, or with lateral stem if resembling an agaric 20

19. Fruit-body fleshy Hydnum and related genera

Fruit-body rubbery or tough Hydnellum and related genera

20. Fruit-body growing attached to cones and cap with lateral stem Auriscalpium

Fruit-body not on cones and distinct stem lacking 21

21. Spores borne on a series of radially arranged knotches resembling gills Lentinellus

Spores borne on a resupinate layer of spines Mycoacia and related genera

22. Tubes free one from another Fistulina

Tubes united to form a distinct tissue 23

23. Fruit-body perennial and exhibiting more than one layer of tubes 24

Fruit-body annual although the fruit-body can persist in a dried depauperate form for several months 27

24. Spores brown 25

Spores colourless 26

25. Large, brown, sterile cells present in the tubes; spores simple Phellinus & Cryptoderma

Brown, sterile cells absent from tubes; spores complex Ganoderma

26. Large woody fruit-body with crust-like top Fomes