Vitreoporus dichrous

On decaying dead wood of broadleaf trees on the ground, with resupinate to pileate basidiomes, frequently effused-reflexed, 5 to 10 cm long by up to 4 cm wide, with a pilose to hirsute white to cream surface, 4 to 6 pinkish-brown pores per mm with a whitish margin, gelatinous consistency when fresh, and white context.

Monomitic hyphal system, with hyaline, thick-walled generative hyphae, 4.5 to 6 µm wide, branched, separated from each other by gelification, septate with coarse clamp connections at the septa.

Without cystidia or other sterile elements in the hymenium.

Basidia clavate, 15 to 20 µm long by 3 to 4 µm wide, with basal clamp connections and tetrasporic.

Spores cylindrical to allantoic, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, 3.5 to 5.5 µm long by 1 to 1.5 µm wide, generally with a pair of oil drops situated at both poles, and inamyloid in Melzer's reagent.

Herbarium material available: JTP2413/25.