Hydnoporia corrugata, commonly known as Glue Crust, is a species of fungi in the Hymenochaetales order. It is native and often associated with hazel (Corylus avellana). The fungus is notable for its ability to produce sclerotized mycelial pads, which can bond together touching twigs or small branches, a behavior from which it derives its common name.
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Distribution
Widespread. Occasional to common
Habitat
On dead and living wood of deciduous trees and shrubs, mainly Corylus (Hazel).
Associates
Corylus
Fruiting Body
Resupinate, forming spreading patches, tightly attached to substrate. Often gluing adjoining branches together forming greyish patches. Irregular warty, cracked when mature but with fine bristly hairs. Drying paler.
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| Surface | Warty |
Spores
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| Type | inamyloid |
| Shape | Ellipsoid, Allantoid |
| Ornamentation | Smooth |
| Size | 4.5-6 x 1.5-2 μm |
Microscopic Features
Basidia 10-15μm, elongated, clavate, 4-spored. Setae 40-70μm
Classification
- ↳ Phylum: Basidiomycota
- ↳ Subphylum: Agaricomycotina
- ↳ Class: Agaricomycetes
- ↳ Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- ↳ Order: Hymenochaetales
- ↳ Family: Hymenochaetaceae
- ↳ Genus: Hydnoporia
Synonyms
- Corticium corrugatum (Fr.) Fr.
- Corticium corrugatum Fr.
- Hymenochaete agglutinans Ellis
- Hymenochaete corrugata (Fr.) Lev.
- Hymenochaete corrugata (Fr.) Lév.
- Hymenochaete corrugata f. conglutinans Bourdot & Galzin
- Hymenochaete croceoferruginea Massee
- Hymenochaetopsis corrugata (Fr.) S.H. He & Jiao Yang
- Pseudochaete corrugata (Fr.) S.H. He & Y.C. Dai nom. illeg.
- Thelephora corrugata Fr.
Reference Sources
S. Buczacki, C. Shields, D. Ovenden (2012) Collins Fungi Guide. HarperCollins.
G. Kibby (2020) Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe Vol. 1. Geoffrey Kibby.
Genus Hydnoporia
No other species found in this genus.
