Xerotus Fr. 1825

Details

Name scientific

Xerotus Fr., Syst. Orb. Veg. 78 (1825)

Preferred name

Xerotus Fr. 1825

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Fr.

Authors

Fr.

Publication place

Fries, E.M. 1825: Systema Orbis Vegetabilis. Typographia Academica.

Year published

1825

Publication page

Orthography

as 'Xerotes'

Sanctioning author

Fr.

Sanctioning reference

Fries, E.M. 1828: Elenchus Fungorum. 1. Ernestus Mauritius.

Sanctioning page(s)

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Xerotus Fr. 1825

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Xerotus

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Polyporales

Family

Polyporaceae

Genus

Xerotus

Subordinates

Descriptions

Massee, G.E. 1899: The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349.

Xerotus Fr. 1825

Description

Pileus dry, tough, thin; gills slightly decurrent, coriaceous, narrow, often forked, margin entire, rather blunt or thickened; stem central or excentric ; spores white.

Resembling Cantharellus in the thick margin of the gills, but differing in the thin tough or coriaceous consistence of every part of the fungus. Most of the species become blackish when dried. Growing on wood, twigs, &c.