Postia amylocystis

Postia amylocystis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Fomitopsidaceae
Genus:	Postia
Species:	P. amylocystis
Binomial name
	Postia amylocystis; Y.C.Dai & Renvall (1994)

Postia amylocystis is a species of poroid fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. Found In China, the fungus was described as new to science in 1994 by mycologists Yu-Cheng Dai and Pertti Renvall. The original type collections were made in the Changbai Mountain Range, where the fungus was found growing on a decayed trunk of Manchurian lime (Tilia mandshurica). Characteristics that distinguish P. amylocystis from other Postia species include thick-walled cystidia in the hymenium, and narrow, sausage-shaped (allantoid) spores. The specific epithet amylocystis refers to the amyloid cystidia, and hints at a possible phylogenetic relationship to Amylocystis lapponica.^[1]

References

^ Dai, Y.C.; Renvall, P. (1994). "Changbai wood-rotting fungi 2. Postia amylocystis (Basidiomycetes), a new polypore species". Annales Botanici Fennici. 31 (2): 71–76. JSTOR 43922193.

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[Dai_1994-1] Dai, Y.C.; Renvall, P. (1994). "Changbai wood-rotting fungi 2. Postia amylocystis (Basidiomycetes), a new polypore species". Annales Botanici Fennici. 31 (2): 71–76. JSTOR 43922193.

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