SUMMARYThe new genus Pseudofistulina is described with the type species Pseudofistulina brasiliensis (= Fistulina brasiliensis O. and K. Fid.). Anatomical and microchemical studies on the type species are described. The pileus is found to be composed of derma, context, and tubular layer and the stipe composed of derma, pseudoparenchyma, and medulla. Derma is formed by anticlinal elements, the acanthophyses, which have internal deposits of amyloid hemicellulose. Fatty substances were observed externally at the base of the acanthophyses.The context is composed of upper pseudoparenchyma, intermediate layer, and lower pseudoparenchyma. The pseudoparenchymatous layers, especially the upper one, give positive reactions for callose and tannic substances; in polarized light very small crystals were seen only in the upper pseudoparenchyma. The intermediate layer has, near the pseudo-parenchymas, globose to obovate sphaerocysts, with contents that react with iodine solutions giving a yellow to orange color. The species is monomitic, formed by simple-septate and nonamyloid generative hyphae and has globose to subglobose, hyaline, nonamyloid spores.
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