''Fomitiporia gabonensis'' is a
fungus in the family
Hymenochaetaceae. It was first isolated from
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...
, specifically in the
Guineo-Congolian forest
The Guineo-Congolian region is a biogeographical region in Africa straddling the Equator and stretching from the Atlantic Ocean through the Congo Basin to the Congo / Nile divide in Rwanda and Burundi. Formerly, this region was largely covered in ...
. It has a
pileate basidiome
In fungi, a basidiocarp, basidiome, or basidioma () is the sporocarp of a basidiomycete, the multicellular structure on which the spore-producing hymenium is borne. Basidiocarps are characteristic of the hymenomycetes; rusts and smuts do not ...
, small
basidiospores and an absence of
setae. Morphological features that differentiate this species with ''
F. nobilissima'' and ''
F. ivindoensis'' are its
pileus' shape, pore surface color and diameter, as well as its
ecology.
References
Further reading
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*Cloete, M., et al. "A novel Fomitiporia species associated with esca on grapevine in South Africa." Mycological progress 13.2 (2014): 303–311.
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External links
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Hymenochaetaceae
Fungi described in 2010
Fungi of Africa
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