| Climacocystis borealis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Fomitopsidaceae |
| Genus: | Climacocystis |
| Species: | C. borealis |
| Binomial name | |
| Climacocystis borealis (Fr.) Kotl. & Pouzar (1958) | |
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Climacocystis borealis is a species of poroid fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae.
Taxonomy
First described in 1821 by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries, it has since acquired an extensive synonymy of alternate scientific names. Until 2014, it was the sole member of the Climacocystis, a genus circumscribed by Czech mycologists František Kotlaba and Zdeněk Pouzar in 1958, when the newly described Chinese species Climacocystis montana was added to the genus.
Description
Climacocystis borealis is both a saprophyte and a secondary pathogen that causes a heart rot in the roots and bole of host trees.
Distribution
It is widely distributed, and has been recorded from Asia, Europe, Oceania, and North America. In China, it is found in Shanxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, and Tibet.
Toxicity
It is not edible by humans.
References
- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Climacocystis borealis (Fr.) Kotl. & Pouzar". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- Kotlába, F.; Pouzar, Z. (1958). "Polypori novi vel minus cogniti Cechoslovakiae III". Ceská Mykologie. 12 (2): 95–104.
- Song, Jie; Chen, Yuan-Yuan; Cui, Bao-Kai (2014). "Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Climacocystis (Polyporales) in China". Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 35 (3): 221–231. doi:10.7872/crym.v35.iss3.2014.221. S2CID 85287632.
- Gonthier, Paolo (2010). "Controlling root and butt rot diseases in alpine European forests". In Arya, Arun; Perelló, Analía Edith (eds.). Management of Fungal Plant Pathogens. CAB International. p. 348. ISBN 978-1-84593-603-7.
- Zhishu, B.; Zheng, G.; Taihui, L. (1993). The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province. New York, New York: Columbia University Press. p. 190. ISBN 9789622015562.
- Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
External links
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| Climacocystis borealis |
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| Polyporus borealis | |
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