Vuilleminia
Common beef Sprenger ( Vuilleminia come dens )
The beef Sprenger ( Vuilleminia ) are a genus of the family of superb beef mushroom relatives ( Corticiaceae ). The most common and well-known representative and type species is the Common beef Sprenger ( Vuilleminia come dens ). The genus is named after the French mycologist Paul Vuillemin.
Features
The beef Sprenger form resupinat on the substrate growing fruiting bodies with a smooth surface and slightly gelatinous consistency. The Hyphenstruktur is monomitisch. The hyphae are hyaline themselves and have septa with buckles. The Hyphidien are unbranched. The basidia are formed very long and clavate. The spores are ellipsoid to fusiform or allantoid, hyaline and thin-walled.
Ecology
The beef Sprenger live as Saprobionten on weak branches and twigs of deciduous trees. They grow under the bark and solve these from. Later, the populated parts of the host die off and fall to the ground.
Species
In Europe, the following species occur or are expected there:
Hazel bark Sprenger Vuilleminia coryli