Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Family Polyporaceae Scientific name Pycnoporus coccineus | Division Basidiomycota Order Polyporales Genus Pycnoporus Rank Species | |
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Similar Pycnoporus, Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, Pycnoporus sanguineus, Stereum ostrea, Coriolopsis | ||
Pycnoporus coccineus is a saprophytic, white-rot decomposer fungus in the family Polyporaceae. A widely distributed species, the fungus was first described scientifically by Elias Magnus Fries in 1851.
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