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Fomes (Fr.) Fr. 1849

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Fomes (Fr.) Fr. 1849
Fomes (Fr.) Fr. 1849

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New Zealand
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(Fr.) Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
1849
319
conservation proposed
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Fomes (Fr.) Fr. 1849
genus
Fomes

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Fomes (Fr.) Fr. 1849

Represented in New Zealand by a single common species on usually dead wood of many hosts, forming perennial, bracket-shaped to crust-like fruiting bodies, of solid texture but slightly flexible under pressure. Causing a brown rot and thought responsible for much of the brown rot seen in Nothofagus forests.

Polypore fungi with large, perennial, bracket-shaped fruiting bodies. Causing a white rot.

One species in New Zealand.

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1cb1c73e-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
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1 January 2001
13 February 2020
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