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Pycnoporus sanguineus

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Kingdom
  
Subclass
  
Agaricomycetidae

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Pycnoporus sanguineus

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Genus
  
Pycnoporus

Higher classification
  
Pycnoporus

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Pycnoporus, Basidiomycota, Trametes, Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, Eukaryote

Pycnoporus sanguineus fungi kingdom


Pycnoporus sanguineus is a white rot saprobic fungus. It was discovered on Guana Island (part of the Virgin Islands) but occurs throughout the tropics, usually growing on dead hardwoods. It grows in the form of a thin dry conk with a lateral attachment to its substrate, is bright orange on all surfaces with concentric zonation, and the pores on the underside are minute. It is inedible and probably toxic.

It is also a plant pathogen infecting plane and mango trees.


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References

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