''Trichaptum perenne'' is a species of
fungus
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from th ...
in the order
Hymenochaetales
The Hymenochaetales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. The order in its current sense is based on molecular research and not on any unifying morphological characteristics. According to one 2008 estimate, the Hymenochaetales con ...
. It differs from species in its genus by its
perennial
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
and pileate habit, its large pores and dissepiments, and oblong, ellipsoid
basidiospores.
It was first isolated from China.
References
Further reading
*Dai, Yu-Cheng, et al. "Wood-inhabiting fungi in southern China. 4. Polypores from Hainan Province." Annales Botanici Fennici. Vol. 48. No. 3. Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board, 2011.
*Mihál, Ivan. "Species diversity, abundance and dominance of macromycetes in beech forest stands with different intensity of shelterwood cutting interventions." (2008).
*Hibbett, David S., and Manfred Binder. "Evolution of complex fruiting–body morphologies in homobasidiomycetes." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 269.1504 (2002): 1963–1969.
External links
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MycoBank
Hymenochaetales
Fungi of China
Fungi described in 2009
Fungus species
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