Hyphodontia pallidula

A very abundant species on coniferous wood, resupinate, cream-colored and waxy in consistency.

Monomitic hyphal system, with hyaline generative hyphae, thick-walled, 2-4 µm wide, septate with clamped septa.

Cystidia cylindrical, septate (septocystidia), thick-walled, reaching up to 100 µm long and 4-5 µm wide, frequently encrusted with small hyaline crystals covering their surface.

Basidia cylindric-clavate, small, 10-17 µm long and 3-4 µm wide, with basal clamps, 4-spored.

Spores ovoid to ellipsoidal, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, with an inconspicuous eccentric apiculus at one end, one or more internal oil droplets, inamyloid in Melzer's reagent.

Herbarium material available: JTP2064/24 and JTP2237/24.