Laetiporus caribensis

Laetiporus caribensis is a species of polypore fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. It is found in the Caribbean Islands and in Central America, where it causes a brown rot on tropical hardwood trees. It was described as new to science in 2012 by Mark Banik and Daniel Lindner. The type collection was made in El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico, where the fungus was found fruiting on a snag of Guarea guidonia.[1]

Laetiporus caribensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Fomitopsidaceae
Genus:
Laetiporus
Species:
L. caribensis
Binomial name
Laetiporus caribensis
Banik & D.L.Lindner (2012)

References
  1. Banik, M.T.; Lindner, D.L.; Ortiz-Santana, B.; Lodge, D.J. (2012). "A new species of Laetiporus (Basidiomycota, Polyporales) from the Caribbean basin" (PDF). Kurtziana. 37: 15–21.


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