Biology:Inonotus nothofagi

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Short description: Species of fungus

Inonotus nothofagi
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At Lake Monowai, New Zealand
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Genus: Inonotus
Species:
I. nothofagi
Binomial name
Inonotus nothofagi
G.Cunn. (1948)
Synonyms[2]

Polyporus nothofagi (G.Cunn.) B.K.Bakshi (1971)[1]

Inonotus nothofagi is a species of fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae. It is parasitic, and causes a white rot in the wood it infects. First described scientifically by mycologist George Herriot Cunningham, it is found in Australia and New Zealand where it infects Nothofagus cunninghamii,[3] and India, where it grows on oak.[4]

References

  1. Baksi BK (1971). Indian Polyporaceae on trees and timber. New Delhi, India: Indian Council of Agricultural Research. p. 113. 
  2. "Inonotus nothofagi G. Cunn. :1, 1948". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=13694&Fields=All. Retrieved 2013-01-08. 
  3. Cunningham GH (1948). "New Zealand Polyporaceae. 7. The genus Inonotus". Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Industrial Research 78: 1–5. OCLC 475201638. 
  4. "Principal diseases and decays of Oaks and other hardwoods in India-II". Indian Phytopathology 7 (1): 18–42. 1954. ISSN 0367-973X. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10535921 entry