Gloeoporus orientalis is a species of crust fungus in the family Irpicaceae. Found in East Asia, it was described as a new species in 2018 by Paul Jung and Young Wood Lim. The type collection was made in Geojedo, Korea, where it was found growing on a fallen angiosperm trunk.[1]

Gloeoporus orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Irpicaceae
Genus: Gloeoporus
Species:
G. orientalis
Binomial name
Gloeoporus orientalis
P.E.Jung & Y.W.Lim (2018)

Gloeoporus orientalis has a monomitic hyphal system, and its generative hyphae have clamp connections. Its spores are sausage-shaped (allantoid), measuring 3.0–3.6 by 0.6–0.8 μm, while the basidia are club shaped and measure 11.4–12.5 by 2.5–2.8 μm. G. dichrous is similar in appearance to G. orientalis, but can the former can be distinguished by its larger pores, larger basidia, and the more cylindrical shape of its spores. G. orientalis has been found in China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Jung, Paul Eunil; Lee, Hyun; Wu, Sheng-Hua; Hattori, Tsutomu; Tomšovský, Michal; Rajchenberg, Mario; Zhou, Meng; Lim, Young Woon (13 April 2018). "Revision of the taxonomic status of the genus Gloeoporus (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) reveals two new species". Mycological Progress. 17 (7): 855–863. doi:10.1007/s11557-018-1400-y. S2CID 4804695.