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 Inonotus albertinii
SynonymsInonotus hispidans
Polyporus albertinii
BiostatusAbsent from region
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Caption: Fig. 6. Inonotus albertinii. A, setal hyphae from the trama; B, spores. From the type of Inonotus
hispidans (PDD 19911).Fig. 7. Inonotus duostratosus. Spores. From the type (BPI). |
Article: Buchanan, P.K.; Ryvarden, L. (1988). Type studies in the Polyporaceae - 18. Species described by G.H. Cunningham. Mycotaxon 31(1): 1-38.
Notes: This [Inonotus hispidans G.H. Cunn.] is the same as Polyporus albertinii as indicated by Reid (1967: 164). There is a detailed
description in Reid (1963: 277) where he transferred the species to Phaeolus Pat. That genus is
typified by P. schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat., and characterised by a brown fruit-body similar to that seen in
Inonotus species. However, P. schweinitzii lacks setae and has instead oil-filled cystidia of a type
unknown in the Hymenochaetaceae. Furthermore, it causes a brown rot in the wood, while all
members of Hymenochaetaceae give a white rot. We feel that these characters alone are sufficient
to exclude Phaeolus from the Hymenochaetaceae.
Polyporus albertinii Lloyd is characterized by setal hyphae of the type seen in many
representatives of the Hymenochaetaceae and we are in no doubt that the species belongs in
Inonotus because of its monomitic hyphal system with wide, brown, simple septate hyphae.
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