Fomitopsis cajanderi

Fomitopsis cajanderi is a widely distributed bracket fungus. Commonly known as the rosy conk due to its rose-colored pore surface, it causes a disease called a brown pocket rot in various conifer species.[1] It is inedible.[2] It is widespread in Western North America, with more prevalence in southern climates.[1] It has a particular preference for higher-altitude spruce forests.[1]

Fomitopsis cajanderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Genus: Fomitopsis
Species:
F. cajanderi
Binomial name
Fomitopsis cajanderi
(P.Karst.) Kotl. & Pouzar (1957)
Synonyms
  • Fomes cajanderi P.Karst. (1904)
  • Fomes subroseus (Weir) Overh. (1935)
  • Fomitopsis roseozonata (Lloyd) S. Ito, (1955)
  • Fomitopsis subrosea (Weir) Bondartsev & Singer (1941)
  • Polystictus mimicus (P.Karst.) Sacc. & Trotter (1912)
  • Pycnoporus mimicus P.Karst. (1906)
  • Trametes roseozonata Lloyd (1922)
  • Trametes subrosea Weir (1923)
  • Ungulina subrosea (Weir) Murashk. (1939)

Identification

F. cajanderi is a perennial shelf fungus.[1] It may be identified by its small-to-medium-sized, fleshy, tough fruit-body, with a downy or crust-like top.[3] The top surface is a pink colour becoming to grey, brown, or black, with a clear margin.[1] The inside of the conk and the bottom are a rosy pink colour.[1] The body of the fungus is rigid and can grow up to 1 cm thick.[1] There are 3-5 round pores per millimeter.[1]

This polypore is morphologically similar to its relative, Fomitopsis rosea.

See also

References
  1. Ginns, J. H. (James Herbert) (2017). Polypores of British Columbia (Fungi: Basidiomycota). Victoria, BC. ISBN 978-0-7726-7053-3. OCLC 982126526.
  2. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  3. Watling, Roy. (1973). Identification of the larger fungi. Amersham: Hulton. ISBN 0-7175-0595-2. OCLC 1200490.


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