Pycnoporus P. Karst. 1881

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Name scientific

Pycnoporus P. Karst., Rev. Mycol. (Toulouse) 3 18 (1881)

Preferred name

Pycnoporus P. Karst. 1881

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

P. Karst.

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

Pycnoporus P. Karst. 1881

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Pycnoporus

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Polyporales

Family

Polyporaceae

Genus

Pycnoporus

Subordinates

Descriptions

Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Pycnoporus P. Karst. 1881

Notes

Readily distinguished from the related genus Trametes by its bright orange bracket-shaped fruiting bodies, the colour similar on both upper and on lower poroid surface

One species present in New Zealand.

Notes

Polypore fungi forming bright orange, bracket shaped fungi on dead wood, associated with a white rot. The single New Zealand species, P. coccineus, is common on a wide range of hosts, both native and exotic. Often found in exposed situations.