Crepidotaceae (Crepidots applanatus) in Lata Jarum

Johari Jalinas

School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, 43650 Bangi, UKM, Selangor Darul Ehsan E-mail: johari_j@ukm.my

Crepidots applanatus Flat Crep Photo: Johari Jalinas

Family: Crepidotaceae; Order: Agaricales Description: Small, shell-shaped, stalkless, white to cinnamon mushroom with white gills becoming brownish; on deciduous wood. Cap: 3/8-1 5/8 (1-4 cm) wide; shell-shaped to petal-like; margin radially lined when wet; moist, smooth or minutely hair, white, becoming brownish to cinnamon; attached to wood by hairlike strands. Gills: radiating from point of attachment, close to crowded, narrow; white, becoming brownish. Spores: 4-5.5; round, minutely spiny, brownish; no pore at tip. Spore print brownish to cinnamon-brown. Habitat: In overlapping clusters, on dead deciduous wood. Range: Widely distributed in Peninsular of Malaysia.

References:

Gary H. Lincoff. 2008. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Chanticleer Press Inc. Page 637.