Biology:Fulvifomes robiniae

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Short description: Species of fungus, infests black locusts

Fulvifomes robiniae
Fulvifomes robiniae infecting black locust
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Genus: Fulvifomes
Species:
F. robiniae
Binomial name
Fulvifomes robiniae
(Murrill, 1903) Murrill (1914)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Fulvifomes robiniae
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Mycological characteristics
pores on hymenium
cap is offset
hymenium attachment is not applicable
lacks a stipe
spore print is yellow-brown
ecology is parasitic
edibility: inedible

Fulvifomes robiniae, commonly called the cracked cap polypore, is a fungus of the family of Hymenochaetaceae. The fungus primarily infests black locusts, aided by openings caused by Megacyllene robiniae infestation, but also grows on various other trees such as Carya, oak, and Acacia. Cracked cap polypore is sympatric with most of its hosts. It has a brown spore print, leaving brown streaks on the tree below the fungus.[3]

The species was formerly considered part of the genus Phellinus, but was moved to the genus Fulvifomes when that genus was resurrected based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10626877 entry