Botryobasidium aureum Parmasto
(a resupinate fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBotryobasidium aureum (a resupinate fungus)
GenusBotryobasidium (a genus of resupinate fungi)
FamilyBOTRYOBASIDIACEAE (a family of resupinate fungi)
OrderCANTHARELLALES (chanterelles, hedgehog fungi and some fairy clubs and resupinates)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Botryobasidium aureum (a resupinate fungus) :
1: Botryobasidium aureum (a resupinate fungus)
20 May 2004 OSGR: SX76 50° 30’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Alysidium state on rotten, wet, dead, cut Apple log in wood pile
Image 1: Alysidium state - close-upImage 2: Alysidium state - conidia - magnified
2: Botryobasidium aureum (a resupinate fungus)
24 Sep 2000 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Alysidium state under very rotten, decorticate Beech wood
Image 1: Alysidium state - close-upImage 2: Alysidium state - close-up (2)Image 3: Alysidium state - close-up (3)Image 4: Alysidium state - close-up (4)Image 5: Alysidium state - magnifiedImage 6: Alysidium state - magnified (2)Image 7: Alysidium state - magnified (3)Image 8: Alysidium state - magnified (4)Image 9: Alysidium state - conidiaImage 10: Alysidium state - conidia (2)Image 11: Alysidium state - conidia (3)Image 12: Alysidium state - conidiophore
3: Botryobasidium aureum (a resupinate fungus)
23 Oct 1978 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
imperfect (Alysidium) state
Image 1: Imperfect state - highly enlargedImage 2: Imperfect state - highly enlarged (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Henrici, A. 2000 Introduction to Corticioid Fungi Field Mycology Vol 1 (1): 12-19.

Botryobasidium aureum (a resupinate fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Botryobasidium aureum (a resupinate fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Botryobasidium aureum (a resupinate fungus)

Forms small pale gold tufts on very rotten broadleaved wood. Microscopically it has chains of limoniform conidia.

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