Fomitopsis cajanderi

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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.

External links

Index Fungorum synonyms
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California Fungi description

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