Fomitopsis cajanderi

Fomitopsis cajanderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
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)

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 tree species.

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