Symplocos myrtacea

Symplocos myrtacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Symplocaceae
Genus: Symplocos
Jacq.
Species: S. myrtacea
Binomial name
Symplocos myrtacea

Symplocos myrtacea, commonly known as Japanese sapphireberry or in Japanese Hai-no-ki ハイノキ, is a tree native to Japan.

It has been recorded as a host for the rare fungus Chorioactis geaster. [1] [2]

References

  1. Dunaway DL, Bessette A, Roody WC, Bessette AR. (2007). Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. pp. 83, 312. ISBN 0-8156-3112-X.
  2. Pfister DH., D. H. (1978). "Apothecial development in Cookeina tricholoma with comments on some related species". Mycologia 70 (6): 1253–57. doi:10.2307/3759326. JSTOR 3759326.