''Pyrofomes castanopsidis'' is a species of polypore fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was described as new to science in 2011 by Chinese mycologists Bao-Kai Cui and Yu-Cheng Dai. The

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collections of the fungus were made in Luofushan Forest Park in Huizhou (

Guangdong Province Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, China), where the fungus was discovered growing on a live plant of '' Castanopsis''. The

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''castanopsidis'' refers to the genus of the host plant.

References

Polyporaceae Fungi of China Fungi described in 2011 Taxa named by Bao-Kai Cui Taxa named by Yu-Cheng Dai Fungus species {{Polyporales-stub