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Thelephora martinii Kõljalg, I. Saar & Svantesson 2024

Syn.: Tomentella viridula Bourdot & Galzin 1958

Basidiome: adherent, thin
Hymenophore: smooth to grainy, olive-gray to olive-brownish
Margin: same color as the hymenophore, inconspicuous
Rhizomorphs: absent
Subiculum: same color as the hymenophore, usually very thin or absent

Subicular hyphae: hyaline, with clamps, thin-walled, not incrusted, 2.5-4 µm wide
Subhymenial hyphae: hyaline, with clamps, thin-walled, not incrusted, 2.5-5 µm wide
Cystidia: hyaline, capitate, apically incrusted, up to 90 µm long and up to 9 µm wide at the apex, partially somewhat incrusted
Basidia: hyaline, with basal clamp
Spores: brownish, frontally triangular and often lobed, laterally irregularly rounded to elliptical, 6-8.5 µm

Distribution: Occurs worldwide in temperate to subtropical regions, considered a sparsely occurring species in Germany
Note: Easily identifiable by the capitate cystidia, the greenish hymenophore, and the thin fruit bodies.

Zeichnung: H. Maser

Zeichnung: U. Köljalg