A new species of Phellinus (Basidiomycota, Hymenochaetales) from western China

Abstract

Phellinus pseudoigniarius sp. nov., collected on Salix from Xinjiang in western China, is described and illustrated. It belongs to the Phellinus igniarius complex and has a perennial and ungulate basidiocarp. Microscopically it differs from other species in the complex by lack of setae and presence of cystidioles.