Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
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Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat., Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 5 71 (1889)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
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Nomenclature
(Fr.) Pat.
Fr.
Pat.
1889
71
ICN
species
Ganoderma australe
Classification
Vernacular names
Synonyms
- Elfvingia australis (Fr.) G. Cunn. 1965
- Elfvingia tornata (Pers.) Murrill 1903
- Fomes australis (Fr.) Cooke 1885
- Fomes nigrolaccatus sensu Lloyd 1915
- Ganoderma applanatum sensu Hood 1992
- Ganoderma tornatum (Pers.) Bres. 1912
- Polyporus australis Fr. 1828
- Polyporus scansilis Berk. 1877
- Polyporus tornatus Pers. 1827
Associations
has host
has host
Descriptions
On trunks. Maungaroa.
Cunningham (1948f; 1965) and Gilmour (1966a) recorded this fungus as a common white heart rot of indigenous and introduced trees. It is of importance in over-mature indigenous forest.
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Type: Lignicolous Fungi; Description: Basidiomata perennial, solitary, hard, woody, attached by a broad lateral base. Pilei applanate, 70–300 mm wide, 30–130 mm thick. Pileus surface concentrically sulcate, sometimes weakly radially ridged or warty, grey, frequently brown with a dusting of spores, margin rounded, cream, 2–7 mm wide. Pore surface even or slightly pitted, with a cream sterile margin 1–7 mm wide, white to light grey, sometimes with large areas tinted orange, pores indistinctly stratose, 3–5 per mm. Context weakly zonate, dark brown. Hyphal system trimitic. Basidiospores ovoid, 11–14 × 7–9 μm, punctate, appearing verruculose, pale brown.
Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Taupo, Wellington, Nelson, Buller, Westland, Marlborough, North Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, Otago Lakes, Central Otago, Dunedin.; 1st Record: Berkeley (1855: as Polyporus australis).
Significance: A common white heart rot of no significance.; Host(s): Acacia dealbata, Agathis australis, Dacrydium cupressinum, Nothofagus menziesii, N. solandri var. cliffortioides, Prumnopitys taxifolia, Salix sp.
Taxonomic concepts
Elfvingia australis (Fr.) G. Cunn. (1965)
Elfvingia australis (Fr.) G. Cunn. (1965)
Elfvingia tornata (Pers.) Murrill (1903)
Fomes australis (Fr.) Cooke (1885)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Fomes nigrolaccatus sensu Lloyd (1915)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. (1889)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. (1889)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. (1889)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. (1889)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. (1889)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. (1889)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. (1889)
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Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. (1889)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. (1889)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. (1889)
Polyporus australis Fr. (1828)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
Polyporus scansilis Berk.
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Use of names in this group is massively confused. See loc. cit.
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25 November 1993
1 November 2012