Manzanita conk | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Hymenochaetales |
Family: | Hymenochaetaceae |
Genus: | Phellinus |
Species: | P. arctostaphyli
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Binomial name | |
Phellinus arctostaphyli (Long) Niemelä
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Synonyms | |
Fomes arctostaphyli |
Phellinus arctostaphyli, also known as the manzanita conk or the manzanita hoof polypore, is a species of shelf fungus. [1] Native to western North America, this saprotrophic fungus only colonizes the wood of Ceanothus, [2] Adenostoma, [3] and Arctostaphylos. [4] P. arctostaphyli is closely to related to three other North American Phellinus species, including Phellinus tremulae and Phellinus tuberculosus. [4] However, in part due to the "economic insignificance of its hosts," P. arctostaphyli is relatively poorly studied as an individual species. [5]
The conks or hoofs ( basidiocarps) appear perennially, are tough and woody themselves, with tiny pores on the underside and black to gray rings on top that are prone to fracturing longitudinally. [3]
This species was first described by William Henry Long in 1917 as Fomes arctostaphyli. [6] In 1954, mycologist Josiah L. Lowe argued that it was a synonym of Fomes igniarius. [7] Tuomo Niemelä moved it into the genus Phellinus in 1975. [6] The presence of P. arctostaphyli has been correlated with manzanita mortality in Mexico. [8]
Manzanita conk | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Hymenochaetales |
Family: | Hymenochaetaceae |
Genus: | Phellinus |
Species: | P. arctostaphyli
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Binomial name | |
Phellinus arctostaphyli (Long) Niemelä
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Synonyms | |
Fomes arctostaphyli |
Phellinus arctostaphyli, also known as the manzanita conk or the manzanita hoof polypore, is a species of shelf fungus. [1] Native to western North America, this saprotrophic fungus only colonizes the wood of Ceanothus, [2] Adenostoma, [3] and Arctostaphylos. [4] P. arctostaphyli is closely to related to three other North American Phellinus species, including Phellinus tremulae and Phellinus tuberculosus. [4] However, in part due to the "economic insignificance of its hosts," P. arctostaphyli is relatively poorly studied as an individual species. [5]
The conks or hoofs ( basidiocarps) appear perennially, are tough and woody themselves, with tiny pores on the underside and black to gray rings on top that are prone to fracturing longitudinally. [3]
This species was first described by William Henry Long in 1917 as Fomes arctostaphyli. [6] In 1954, mycologist Josiah L. Lowe argued that it was a synonym of Fomes igniarius. [7] Tuomo Niemelä moved it into the genus Phellinus in 1975. [6] The presence of P. arctostaphyli has been correlated with manzanita mortality in Mexico. [8]