Gymnopilus peliolepis

On stump of an unidentified tropical tree.

Pileipellis composed of hyphae arranged parallel to slightly interwoven, up to 13 µm wide, with faint brown intracellular pigment and abundant darker incrustations; some hyphae with refractive granular content also observed; septate and with clamp connections at the septa.

Caulocystidia absent.

Cheilocystidia lageniform to capitate, hyaline or with faint brown intracellular pigment.

Basidia clavate, up to 25 µm long, with basal clamps, 4-spored.

Spores ellipsoidal to slightly amygdaliform, thick-walled and verrucose, golden-yellow under the microscope, with abundant darker internal warts, moderately dextrinoid in Melzer's reagent.