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Inonotus nothofagi
At Lake Monowai, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hymenochaetales
Family:	Hymenochaetaceae
Genus:	Inonotus
Species:	I. nothofagi
Binomial name
Inonotus nothofagi G.Cunn. (1948)
Synonyms
Polyporus nothofagi (G.Cunn.) B.K.Bakshi (1971)

Inonotus nothofagi is a species of fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae. It is parasitic, and causes a white rot in the wood it infects. First described scientifically by mycologist George Herriot Cunningham, it is found in Australia and New Zealand where it infects Nothofagus cunninghamii, and India, where it grows on oak.

References

1. Baksi BK (1971). Indian Polyporaceae on trees and timber. New Delhi, India: Indian Council of Agricultural Research. p. 113.
2. "Inonotus nothofagi G. Cunn. :1, 1948". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
3. Cunningham GH (1948). "New Zealand Polyporaceae. 7. The genus Inonotus". Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Industrial Research. 78: 1–5. OCLC 475201638.
4. Bagchee K, Puri YN, Bakshi BK (1954). "Principal diseases and decays of Oaks and other hardwoods in India-II". Indian Phytopathology. 7 (1): 18–42. ISSN 0367-973X.

External links

• Inonotus nothofagi in Index Fungorum

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