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Laetiporus ailaoshanensis

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Fomitopsidaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Polyporales

Genus
  
Laetiporus

Similar
  
Laetiporus montanus, Laetiporus persicinus, Laetiporus huroniensis, Laetiporus gilbertsonii, Laetiporus conifericola

Laetiporus ailaoshanensis is a species of polypore fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. It is found in southwestern China, where it grows on Lithocarpus. The species was described as new to science in 2014 by Baokai Cui and Jie Song. Its fruit body has an orange-yellow to reddish-orange cap surface, with cream to buff pores on the cap underside. The fungus produces ovoid to ellipsoid basidiospores that measure 5.0–6.2 by 4.0–5.0 μm. Molecular analysis of internal transcribed spacer DNA sequences indicate that L. ailaoshanensis is a unique lineage in the genus Laetiporus.

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