Fomes hemitephrus

Fomes hemitephrus is a bracket fungus in the family Polyporaceae. First named Polyporus hemitephrus by English naturalist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1855, it was given its current name by the English mycologist Mordecai Cubitt Cooke in 1885.[1] The species is found in Australia[2] and New Zealand, and is one of the most common polypores in those countries, causing a white rot on several tree species.[3]

Fomes hemitephrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Fomes
Species:
F. hemitephrus
Binomial name
Fomes hemitephrus
(Berk.) Cooke (1885)
Synonyms
  • Polyporus hemitephrus Berk. (1855)

Historically, Fomes hemitephrus has been placed in several different genera, including Fomitopsis,[4] Heterobasidion,[5] and Trametes.[6]

References

  1. Cooke MC (1885). "Praecursores ad Monographia Polypororum". Grevillea. 14 (69): 17–21.
  2. May TW, Milne J, Shingles S, Jones RH (2008). Fungi of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-643-06907-7.
  3. Rajchenberg M. (1995). "Notes on New Zealand polypores (Basidiomycetes)". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 33: 99–109. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1995.10412947.
  4. Cunningham GH (1948). "New Zealand Polyporaceae 5. The genus Fomitopsis". New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin. 76: 1–8.
  5. Cunningham GH (1965). "Polyporaceae of New Zealand". New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin. 164: 1–304.
  6. Corner EJH (1989). "Ad Polypoaceae VI. The genus Trametes". Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 97.


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