Capritermes fuscotibialis
Appearance of Soldiers
The head is rectangular and yellow to light brown in colour. Mandibles are characteristically asymmetrical.
Habit
Feed on humus in soil. Usually found inhabiting parts of nests built by other […]
Reticulitermes fukienensis
Appearance of soldiers
Around 4.5mm long. The rectangular head is yellow in colour. Mandibles are relatively short and stout with dark tips.
Habit
Live in old tree stumps and buried timber. May also […]
Coptotermes formosanus
Appearance of soldiers
Around 5mm long. The head is pear-shaped and pale orange in colour. Mandibles are large, pointed and dark.
Habit
Inhabit dead tree branches and moist structural timber in domestic environment. […]
Cryptotermes brevis
Appearance of Soldiers
Around 5 mm long. The head is large, cylindrical and dark. The body is creamy white. Mandibles are small as compared with those of other species.
Habit
Live in a […]
Pleurotus cystidiosus
Fruiting Body
Fruiting bodies up to 9.0 cm in height, pleurotoid; pilei up to 10.5 cm in diameter, depressed, surface grayish brown bearing brownish to purplish squamules, dry, fleshy, flesh up […]
Hexagonia tenuis
Fruiting Body
Fruiting bodies (pilei) annual to perennial, 3-5 cm × 4-8 cm and 0.2 cm thick, solitary or in clusters, pileate, flabelliform to semi-circular bracket, broadly […]
Auricularia polytricha
Fruiting Body
Fruiting bodies annual, 4-16 cm wide, resupinate or pileate, loosely attached, laterally and sometimes by a very short stalk, elastic, gelatinous, hymenium smooth, or wrinkled, pale brown to dark […]
Schizophyllum commune
Fruiting Body
Fruiting bodies (pilei) 1-3(5) cm in diameter, round, fan-shaped or kidney-shaped, flesh hard, becoming thin and elastic when wet, and fragile under dry conditions, outer surface felted, wavy, slightly […]
Earliella scabrosa
Fruiting Body
Fruiting bodies sessile, resupinate or laterally attach to wood surface; pilei 1 × 2 cm to 4 × 6 cm in size, bracket-shaped, grow in bunches, tough and coriaceous, […]
Rigidoporus ulmarius
Fruiting Body
Fruiting bodies up to 30 cm across, thick; pilei semi-circular, flat, hoof-shaped or irregular, woody yet pliable, upper surface cream-coloured, usually with green algal growth in older specimens; pore […]