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Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931

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Gloeocystidiellum Donk (1931)
Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931

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Donk
Donk
1931
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Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931
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Gloeocystidiellum

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Gloeocystidiellum

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Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931

Corticioid fungi with white, smooth surface, having a well-defined edge to the fruiting body, light coloured fruiting body on the underside of decaying wood. Macroscopically it could be confused with other genera of corticioid fungi.Distinguished by microscopic features including special sterile elements (gloeocystidia) and spores with a distinct blueing reaction in Melzer’s reagent (containing iodine). It is a group of common wood-decay fungi causing a white rot (i.e. they produce enzymes that can degrade all components of wood cell walls).

Taxonomically poorly understood, there may be 4 or 5 species in New Zealand.

Corticioid fungus forming thin cream to pale yellow crusts on dead wood.

Taxonomically poorly understood, there may be 4 or 5 species in New Zealand. Only those listed below have descriptions or images available from NZFungi.

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Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931
Gloeocystidiellum Donk (1931)

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Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931
Australia
Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931
New Zealand
Fiordland
Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931
New Zealand
Hawkes Bay
Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931
New Zealand
Otago Lakes
Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931
New Zealand
Southland
Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931
New Zealand
Taupo
Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931
New Zealand
Waikato
Gloeocystidiellum Donk 1931
New Zealand
Wairarapa

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23 July 1998
1 June 2012
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