Biology:Fomitiporia gabonensis

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Short description: Species of fungus

Fomitiporia gabonensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Genus: Fomitiporia
Species:
F. gabonensis
Binomial name
Fomitiporia gabonensis
Decock & Yombiyeni (2010)

Fomitiporia gabonensis is a fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae. It was first isolated from Sub-Saharan Africa, specifically in the Guineo-Congolian forest. It has a pileate basidiome, small basidiospores and an absence of setae. Morphological features that differentiate this species with F. nobilissima and F. ivindoensis are its pileus' shape, pore surface color and diameter, as well as its ecology.[1]

References

  1. Amalfi, M.; Yombiyeni, P.; Decock, C. (2010). "Fomitiporia in sub-Saharan Africa: morphology and multigene phylogenetic analysis support three new species from the Guineo-Congolian rainforest". Mycologia 102 (6): 1303–1317. doi:10.3852/09-083. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 20943571. 

Further reading

  • Zhou, Li-Wei; Xue, Hui-Jun (2012). "Fomitiporia pentaphylacis and F. tenuitubus spp. nov. (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) from Guangxi, southern China". Mycological Progress 11 (4): 907–913. doi:10.1007/s11557-012-0806-1. 
  • Cloete, M., et al. "A novel Fomitiporia species associated with esca on grapevine in South Africa." Mycological progress 13.2 (2014): 303–311.
  • Amalfi, Mario; Robledo, Gerardo; Decock, Cony (2014). "Fomitiporia baccharidis comb. nov., a little known species from high elevation Andean forests and its affinities within the neotropical Fomitiporia lineages". Mycological Progress 13 (4): 1075–1087. doi:10.1007/s11557-014-0995-x. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q22284968 entry