Sebacina epigaea

On bark or decaying plant debris on the ground, with resupinate basidiomes up to 1 mm thick, closely adhering to the substrate, greyish white with slight bluish flushes, waxy and gelatinous in consistency, with a well-defined to slightly diffuse growing margin.

Contextual hyphae cylindrical, hyaline, thin-walled, 1.5 to 2.5 µm wide, densely intermixed, separated by gelification, branched, septate with simple septa (without clamp connections).

Hypobasidia longitudinally septate, 15 to 18 µm long, 12 to 14 µm wide, containing granular matter inside, with four long sterigmata.

Spores ovoid to ellipsoidal, with one flattened side, hyaline, thin-walled, with a prominent apiculus at one end, 9 to 13 µm long, 6 to 9 µm wide, often germinating, with abundant granular content inside.

Herbarium material available: JTP1988/23 and JTP2698/25.