Fomitiporia

Fomitiporia
Fir fire sponge ( Fomitiporia hartigii )
Systematics
Subdivision : Agaricomycotina Class : Agaricomycetes Subclass : insecure position (incertae sedis) Order : Bristle disks (Hymenochaetales) Family : Bristle disk relatives (Hymenochaetaceae) Genre : Fomitiporia
Scientific name
Fomitiporia
Murrill

Fomitiporia is a genus of fungus from the family of the bristle disk relatives (Hymenochaetaceae), which was separated from the fire sponges in the narrower sense ( Phellinus  s. Str. ).

The type species is Fomitiporia langloisii .

features

Macroscopic features

The hymenophore of the wood dweller is flat on the substrate, perennial, inseparable and stiff. The thin context is brown. The layered tubes are also brown, usually thick-walled and with entire margins.

Microscopic features

The rounded to elliptical spores are smooth and colorless. The hyphae are usually brown in color. Cystidia are sometimes present.

species

For Europe the following types are specified or are to be expected there:

Fomitiporia in Europe

German name Scientific name Author quote Holm oak fire sponge Fomitiporia erecta (A. David et al. 1982) Fiasson 1984 Fir fire sponge Fomitiporia hartigii (Allescher & Schnabl 1890) Fiasson & Niemelä 1984 Sea buckthorn fire sponge Fomitiporia hippophaëicola (described as " hippophaecola ") (H. Jahn 1976) Fiasson & Niemelä 1984 Mediterranean fire sponge Fomitiporia mediterranea M. Fischer 2002 Fomitiporia pseudopunctata (A. David et al. 1982) Fiasson 1984 Padded fire sponge Fomitiporia punctata (Frieze 1874 ex P. Karsten 1882) Murrill 1947 Oak fire sponge Fomitiporia robusta (P. Karsten 1889) Fiasson & Niemelä 1984

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  Fir fire
  sponge Fomitiporia hartigii

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  Sea buckthorn fire
  sponge Fomitiporia hippophaëicola

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  Cushion-shaped fire
  sponge Fomitiporia punctata

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  Oak fire
  sponge Fomitiporia robusta

swell

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} William Alphonso Murrill: Fomitiporia Murrill, gen. Nov. Polyporaceae, Part 1. In: North American Flora . tape 9 , no. 1 , 1907, p. 7 .
2. ↑ Eric Strittmatter: The genus Fomitiporia . In: fungiworld.com. Mushroom Taxa Database. Retrieved May 1, 2011 .  

Web links

Commons : Fomitiporia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Symptoms and fruiting bodies of root rot, Phellinus hartigii (Hymenochaetales). In: Forestry Images . May 4, 2010, accessed May 2, 2011 .