Ganoderma P. Karst. 1881

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Name scientific

Ganoderma P. Karst., Rev. Mycol. (Toulouse) 3 17 (1881)

Preferred name

Ganoderma P. Karst. 1881

Linked name

Ganoderma

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

P. Karst.

Original authors

P. Karst.

Publication place

Karsten, P.A. 1881: Enumeratio Boletinearum et Polyporearum Fennicarum, systemate novo dispositarum. Revue Mycologique 3(9): 16-19.

Year published

1881

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Ganoderma P. Karst. 1881

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Ganoderma

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Polyporales

Family

Polyporaceae

Genus

Ganoderma

Subordinates

Synonyms

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

is isolate source for

Hypomyces aurantius (Pers.) Tul. & C. Tul. 1860

ICMP (1 records from [Not available].)

isolated from

Acacia dealbata Link

ICMP (1 records from [Not available].)

isolated from

Acer pseudoplatanus L.

ICMP (1 records from [Not available].)

isolated from

Pyrus pashia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don 1825

ICMP (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Acacia dealbata Link

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

has host

Agathis australis (D.Don) Lindl.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Beilschmiedia tarairi (A.Cunn.) Kirk

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Cocos nucifera

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Dacrydium cupressinum Lamb.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

has host

Knightia excelsa R.Br.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Leucaena Benth.

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

has host

Macadamia

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Metrosideros

PDD (3 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus

PDD (4 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus cunninghamii

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Prumnopitys taxifolia (D.Don) de Laub.

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Prunus

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

has host

Ulmus

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Vitex lucens Kirk

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Clitopilus hobsonii (Berk.) P.D. Orton 1960

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Hericium novae-zealandiae (Colenso) Chr.A. Sm. & J.A. Cooper 2019

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Hypochnicium J. Erikss. 1958

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Hypomyces aurantius (Pers.) Tul. & C. Tul. 1860

PDD (3 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Hypomyces polyporinus Peck 1873

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Nectria (Fr.) Fr. 1849

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Nectria vilior Starbäck 1899

PDD (2 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Trichoderma viride Pers. 1794

PDD (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Ganoderma P. Karst. 1881

Notes

Woody-hard, bracket-shaped fruiting bodies on wood, mostly saprobic on dead wood but sometimes also (weakly) parasitic on living trees. Fruit bodies are perennial, forming a new layer of tubes each year beneath the previous one, like growth rings of a tree. The lower surface consists of pores, the opening of tubes in which spores are produced. During active growth, this pore surface is white, but readily turns brown when touched, hence the common name of "Artist's Conk" for a related species in the Northern Hemisphere. Both common species have a dull-coloured upper surface; the only other New Zealand species is very rare and has a shiny upper surface. Spores are thick-walled and brown, and produced in vast numbers - often seen as a brown dust below fruiting bodies or sometimes deposited by wind eddies back on top of the fruiting body.

Notes

Large polypore fungi forming bracket-shaped, perennial fruiting bodies on dead or sometimes living wood. Causing a white rot.

At least 5 species reported from New Zealand, some undescribed. Only those listed below have descriptions or images available from NZFungi.