Phlebiopsis crassa

On decaying dead wood of broadleaved trees on the ground, with resupinate basidiomata tightly adnate to the substrate, up to 1 mm thick, smooth to velvety, purple when fresh, drying brownish, with a whitish growth margin.

Hyphal system monomitic; subicular hyphae cylindrical, hyaline, 5 to 7.5 µm wide, thick-walled, septate with simple septa (lacking clamp connections).

Lamprocystidia cylindrical, tapering gradually towards the apex, 80 to 120 µm long, 8 to 13.5 µm wide at the base, thick-walled, entirely covered with coarse hyaline crystals.

Basidia cylindrical-clavate, 25 to 35 µm long, 4 to 6 µm wide, simple-septate at the base, 4-spored.

Spores cylindrical to slightly allantoid, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, 6.5 to 8.5 µm long, 3 to 3.8 µm wide, with a slightly pointed apicular end, containing lipid guttules inside, inamyloid in Melzer's reagent.

Herbarium material available: JTP2076/24.