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Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915

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Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef., Kew Bull. Misc. Inf. 1915 364 (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Wakef.
Wakef.
1915
364
misapplication
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Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
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Ganoderma applanatum

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applanatum

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Agathis australis Salisb. Auckland. Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges, 1,000 feet, Oct. 1945, Joan Dingley. Beilschmiedia tarairi (A.Cunn.) Benth. & Hook.f. Auckland. Awhitu Peninsula, 350 feet, .April 1946, G.H.C.; Little Barrier Island, Nov. 1947, Joan Dingley. Beilschmiedia tawa (A.Cunn.) Hook.f. & Benth. Auckland. Kohokohonui Ridge, Hunua Range, Oct. 1946, Joan Dingley; Moumoukai Valley, Hunua Range, July 1946, Joan Dingley; Cuttygrass Road, Waitakere Ranges, Oct. 1947, Joan Dingley; Waitomo, 350 feet, Aug. 1946, G.H.C.; Whakarewarewa, Dec. 1923, G.H.C. Wellington. Weraroa, July 1919, G.H.C.; Near Wanganui, April 1946, Joan Dingley. Coprosma arborea Kirk. Auckland. Little Barrier island, 500 feet, Nov. 1947, Joan Dingley. Dacrydium cupressinum Sol. Auckland, Cascade Kauri Park, Waitakere Ranges, 1,000 feet, Oct. 1947, Joan Dingley; Off Anawhata Road, June 1946, Joan Dingley; Moumoukai Valley, Hunua Range, July 1946, Joan Dingley. Wellington, Weraroa, July 1919, G.H.C.; May 1923, J.C.Neill. Dysoxylum spectabile (Forst.f.) Hook.f. Auckland. Little Barrier Island, 100 feet, Nov. 1947, Joan Dingley. Knightia excelsa R. Br. Auckland. Titirangi, Waitakere Ranges, March, May 1946, Myra Carter. Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich. Auckland. Little Barrier Island, Nov. 1947, Joan Dingley. Metrosideros robusta A. Cunn. Wellington. Day's Bay, Nov. 1926, D.W.McKenzie; Near Wanganui, April 1946, Joan Dingley. Nothofagus fusca (Hook.f.) Oerst. Auckland. Mamaku Forest, 2,500 feet, Nov. 1947, G.B.Rawlings. Nothofagus menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst. Auckland. Mamaku Forest, 2,500 feet, Nov. 1947, G.H.C. Podocarpus dacrydioides A.Rich. Taranaki. New Plymouth, Nov. 1920, W.W.Smith. Canterbury Riccarton Bush, Feb. 1927, D.W.McKenzie. Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. Wellington. Lake Papaetonga, 50 feet, Oct. 1930, G.H.C. Weinmannia racemosa L.f. Auckland. Mamaku Forest, 2,500 feet, Nov. 1947, G.H.C. Taranaki. Mt. Egmont, 2,300 feet, Dec. 1947, G.H.C. Westland. Copland Track, 1,500 feet, Feb. 1947, G.H.C.
With the characters of the species, save that the hymenium is irregularly pitted with shallow depressions 1-2 mm. deep, often labrynthiform towards the centre; pores are present in both depressions and ridges.
Probably the most abundant species of Fomes present in the Dominion. In a former paper (1927, p. 218), following identifications made by the late C.G.Lloyd, I referred the species and form to F. subtornatus (Murr.) Lloyd. Following examination of the type of this last, and of specimens from New Zealand, C.J.Humphrey in correspondence advised that our plant did not resemble F. subtornatus, but agreed with Philippine specimens of F. mastoporus. The hymenial configuration is striking. Pores are minute owing to partial blockage of orifices, and are often set in rows with part of the wall suppressed; in the form the condition is carried further. Pores may appear in small depressions or the intervening ridges, both being so arranged that the surface is labrynthiform, save the periphery which may be plane. As even in the smallest and youngest specimens the condition is present, it is evidently a constant feature. In size, plants range from small buttons 2 mm. wide, to applanate or occasionally ungulate forms 10-20 cm. in length. One specimen reached the large size of 50 x 30 cm., but this is unusual. Spathulate or digitate forms, with lateral stem-like extensions of the pileus, are not uncommon.
Cunningham (1948f) and Gilmour (1966a) recorded this species as causing a white heart rot in mature living trees, as well as on dead trees and stumps. Gilmour (1966a) states that it probably causes large annual losses of valuable native timber. Fructifications of this fungus are common throughout New Zealand on introduced and indigenous host species.
Cunningham (1948f) and Gilmour (1966a) have shown that this fungus, like the other two species of Elfvingia, causes a white heart rot of living as well as dead trees. It is especially common in indigenous forest, where it does considerable damage to over-mature timber trees.

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Fomes applanatus sensu W.R.B. Oliv. (1912) [1911]
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Fomes applanatus sensu W.R.B. Oliv. (1912) [1911]
Fomes australis var. oroflavus (Lloyd) G. Cunn. (1927)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Fomes igniarius sensu Massee (1907) [1906]
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Fomes mastoporus sensu G. Cunn. (1948)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Fomes mastoporus f. rugosus G. Cunn. (1948)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Fomes oroflavus Lloyd (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Fomes subtornatus (Murrill) Lloyd (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. (1915)
Polyporus applanatus sensu Cooke (1879)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915
Polyporus igniarius sensu Berk. (1855)
Ganoderma applanatum sensu Wakef. 1915

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11 March 1996
3 July 2001
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