''Trichaptum podocarpi'' 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 having totally
resupinate
Resupination is derived from the Latin word ''resupinus'', meaning "bent back
with the face upward" or "on the back". "Resupination" is the noun form of the adjective "resupine" which means "being upside-down, supine or facing upward".
The word " ...
basidiocarp
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 ...
s, distinctly long
cystidia, and in its habitat on ''
Podocarpus''.
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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