Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Tyromyces duracinus (Pat.) Murrill
Leptoporus duracinus Pat. Bull. See. Myc. Fr. 18 : 174. 1902.
Pileus convex, rigid, hard, 1.5-2.5 cm. broad, 2- mm. thick; surface isabelline to pale-fulvous, darker near the margin, glabrous, marked with 1-2 concentric furrows; margin inflexed, usually acute : context hard, fragile, white, 1-2 mm. thick ; tubes 1 mm. long, white to discolored, mouths small, circular, 5 to a mm., edges white to avellaneous, obtuse, entire: spores cylindrical, smooth, hyaline, 4X1/^-
Type locality : Guadeloupe.
Habitat : Dead branches of Cecropia peltata.
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
