Tubulicrinis subulatus

On heavily decayed conifer wood, with resupinate basidiomes, tightly adnate to the substrate, thin, with a smooth, slightly granulose surface of waxy consistency, white to pale cream, and with an irregular, ill-defined growing margin.

Monomitic hyphal system, with hyaline basal hyphae, moderately thick-walled, branching at right angles, 2 to 4 µm wide, septate with clamp connections.

Cystidia lyocystidium-type, thick-walled, abruptly tapering towards the apex; this apex ends pointed, is hyaline and thin-walled, occasionally with some apical encrustations, 70 to 120 µm long by 8 to 11 µm wide.

Basidia cylindric-clavate, 18 to 25 µm long by 4 to 5 µm wide, with a simple base and tetrasporic.

Spores cylindrical to allantoic, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, 6 to 8 µm long by 1.5 to 2.5 µm wide, with an eccentric apiculus at one end, with oil drops inside situated preferentially at both poles, and inamyloid in Melzer's reagent.

Herbarium material available: JTP2222/24.