Serpula himantioides

Serpula himantioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Serpulaceae
Genus: Serpula
Species: S. himantioides
Binomial name
Serpula himantioides
(Fr.) P.Karst. (1885)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boletus arboreus Sowerby (1802)
  • Merulius himantioides Fr. (1818)
  • Xylomyzon versicolor Pers. (1825)
  • Merulius papyraceus Fr. (1828)
  • Merulius squalidus Fr. (1828)
  • Serpula papyracea (Fr.) P.Karst. (1885)
  • Serpula squalida (Fr.) P.Karst. (1885)
  • Sesia himantioides (Fr.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Sesia papyracea (Fr.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Sesia squalida (Fr.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Merulius silvester O.Falck (1912)
  • Merulius americanus Burt (1917)
  • Merulius gelatinosus Lloyd (1922)
  • Gyrophana himantioides (Fr.) Bourdot & Galzin (1923)
  • Serpula americana (Burt) W.B.Cooke (1943)
  • Serpula lacrymans var. himantioides (Fr.) W.B.Cooke (1957)
  • Coniophora dimitiella S.S.Rattan (1977)

Serpula himantioides is a species of fungus that causes damage to timber referred to as dry rot. It is a basidiomycete in the order Boletales. It has been found on all continents except for Antarctica. Recent molecular work demonstrates that S. himantioides is a species complex including multiple cryptic lineages.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Serpula Fr.) P. Karst., Meddn Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 11: 21 (1885)". Index Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  2. ↑ Carlsen T, Engh IB, Decock C, Rajchenberg M, Kauserud H. (2011). "Multiple cryptic species with divergent substrate affinities in the Serpula himantioides species complex". Fungal Biology 115: 54–61. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2010.10.004.

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