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Pycnoporellus Alboluteus
''Pycnoporellus alboluteus'', commonly known as the orange sponge polypore, is a species of polypore fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. Distributed throughout the taiga, boreal conifer zone, the fungus is found in mountainous regions of western North America, and in Europe. It causes a wood-decay fungus, brown cubical rot of conifer wood, especially spruce, but also fir and Populus, poplar. The soft, spongy orange Basidiocarp, fruit bodies grow spread out on the surface of fallen logs. Mature specimens have tooth-like or jagged pore edges. A snowbank mushroom, ''P. alboluteus'' can often be found growing on logs or stumps protruding through melting snow. Although the edible mushroom, edibility of the fungus and its usage for human culinary purposes are unknown, several species of beetles use the fungus as a food source. Taxonomy The species was originally species description, described as ''Fomes alboluteus'' by Job Bicknell Ellis and Benjamin Matlack Everhart in 1895. Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job Bicknell Ellis
Job Bicknell Ellis (January 21, 1829 – December 30, 1905) was a pioneering North American mycologist known for his study of ascomycetes, especially the grouping of fungi called the Pyrenomycetes (known today as the Sordariomycetes). Born and raised in New York, he worked as a teacher and farmer before developing an interest in mycology. He collected specimens extensively, and together with his wife, prepared 200,000 sets of dried fungal samples that were sent out to subscribers in series between 1878 and 1894. Together with colleagues William A. Kellerman and Benjamin Matlack Everhart, he founded the ''Journal of Mycology'' in 1885, forerunner to the modern journal ''Mycologia''. He described over 4000 species of fungi, and his collection of over 100,000 specimens is currently housed at the herbarium of the New York Botanical Gardens. Ellis had over 100 taxa of fungi named in his honor. Life Ellis was born in Potsdam, New York on January 21, 1829 to parents Freeman Ellis and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
