This species lacks clamp-connexions and the spore morphology indicate a close relationship to Vesiculomyces citrinus (Pers.) Hagstr6m. The gloeocystidia are positive in sulphovanillin, whereas in the latter species they are negative in both fresh and in dried specimens, but proved to be positive in culture. When Stalpers (1985) studied taxa of Corticium described by Cunningham he placed this species in Gloeocystidiellum Donk, preferably by the amyloid spores. The spores are, however, not strongly amyloid but greyish in Melzer and with oily contents in KOH.