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Stalpersia is a monotypic genus described by Parmasto (2001) for Stalpersia orientalis, a small white to cream fan- or shell-shaped fungus from the Russian Far East with a radially folded, almost merulioid spore-bearing surface instead of gills. It is placed in Auriscalpiaceae because of its resemblance to Lentinellus (amyloid, spiny spores; gloeoplerous hyphae and gloeocystidia), but no DNA data are available, so the placement is provisional.
Fruit bodies pileate: fan-shaped, semicircular or round caps 2-5 cm wide, sometimes on a short stalk, white to cream. Hymenophore radially striate-folded to almost merulioid; no true gills or teeth. Hyphae monomitic, clamped; gloeoplerous hyphae and gloeocystidia present. Spores broadly ellipsoid, with conical amyloid spines; spore print white (description of the only species, after Parmasto 2001 as summarised by German Wikipedia).
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