Fistulina

Fistulina
Beefsteak fungus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Fistulinaceae
Genus: Fistulina
Bull. (1791)[1]
Type species
Fistulina hepatica
(Schaeffer) With. (1792)
Species

F. africana
F. antarctica
F. brasiliensis
F. guzmanii
F. hepatica
F. pallida
F. spiculifera
F. subhepatica[2]

Synonyms[3]

Fistulina is a genus of fungi in the family Fistulinaceae. Species in the genus cause a brown rot of both dead and living hardwood trees.

See also

References

  1. Bulliard P. (1791). Histoire des champignons de la France (in French). 1. p. 313.
  2. Song J, Han M-L, Cui B-K. (2015). "Fistulina subhepatica sp. nov. from China inferred from morphological and sequence analyses". Mycotaxon. 130 (1): 47–56. doi:10.5248/130.47.
  3. "Fistulina Bull. 1791". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
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