Flavodontia – Facesoffungi number: FoF

Flavodontia C.L. Zhao, gen. nov.

MycoBank number: MB 838322; Index Fungorum number: IF 838322; Facesoffungi number: FoF;

Differs from Flavodon by its resupinate basidiomata, smooth hymenial surface, monomitic hyphal system, and ellipsoid basidiospores.

Type species: Flavodontia rosea C.L. Zhao

Etymology: Flavodontia (Lat.): referring to the closely related genus, Flavodon.

Basidiomata annual, resupinate, smooth hymenial surface, fragile to rigid upon drying. Hyphal system monomitic; generative hyphae bearing simple septa, IKI–, CB–; tissues unchanged in KOH. Cystidia and cystidioles absent. Basidia clavate. Basidiospores ellipsoid, hyaline, thin-walled, smooth, IKI–, CB–.

Type of rot: white.

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