Hapalopilus africanus

Hapalopilus africanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Hapalopilus
Species:	H. africanus
Binomial name
	Hapalopilus africanus; Ryvarden (1978)

Hapalopilus africanus is a species of polypore fungus. Found in Rwanda, it was described as new to science in 1978 by Norwegian mycologist Leif Ryvarden. The type collection was found growing on deciduous wood near Nyungwe Forest, close to Cyangugu. The crust-like fruitbodies are yellow with a chrome yellow pore surface. The pores and angular, thin-walled, and number about one to three per millimetre. Spores produced by the fungus are ellipsoid in shape, smooth, hyaline (translucent), measuring 4–5 by 2–2.4 μm.[1]

References

Ryvarden, L. (1978). "Studies in the Aphyllophorales of Africa 6 Some Species from Eastern Central Africa". Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van België. 48 (1/2): 79–117 (see p. 103). JSTOR 3667919.

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[Ryvarden_1978-1] Ryvarden, L. (1978). "Studies in the Aphyllophorales of Africa 6 Some Species from Eastern Central Africa". Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique / Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van België. 48 (1/2): 79–117 (see p. 103). JSTOR 3667919.