Fomitopsis cajanderi

Fomitopsis cajanderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Genus: Fomitopsis
Species: F. cajanderi
Binomial name
Fomitopsis cajanderi
(P.Karst.) Kotl. & Pouzar (1957)
Synonyms
  • Fomes cajanderi P.Karst. (1904)
  • Fomes subroseus (Weir) Overh. (1935)
  • Fomitopsis roseozonata (Lloyd) S. Ito, (1955)
  • Fomitopsis subrosea (Weir) Bondartsev & Singer (1941)
  • Polystictus mimicus (P.Karst.) Sacc. & Trotter (1912)
  • Pycnoporus mimicus P.Karst. (1906)
  • Trametes roseozonata Lloyd (1922)
  • Trametes subrosea Weir (1923)
  • Ungulina subrosea (Weir) Murashk. (1939)

Fomitopsis cajanderi is a widely distributed bracket fungus. Commonly known as the rosy conk due to its rose-colored pore surface, it causes a disease called a brown pocket rot in various tree species.

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