Fomes fasciatus

Fomes fasciatus is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It a plant pathogen that causes white rot of heartwood of hardwoods. Originally described in 1788 by Swedish botanist Olof Swartz from specimens collected in Jamaica,[2] it is also found in North America.

Fomes fasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Fomes
Species:
F. fasciatus
Binomial name
Fomes fasciatus
(Sw.) Cooke (1885)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boletus fasciatus Sw. (1788)
  • Polyporus fasciatus (Sw.) Fr. (1821)
  • Scindalma fasciatum (Sw.) Kuntze (1898)
  • Elfvingia fasciata (Sw.) Murrill (1903)
  • Elfvingiella fasciata (Sw.) Murrill (1915)

See also

References
  1. "Fomes fasciatus (Sw.) Cooke 1885". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  2. Swartz, O. (1788). Nova genera et species Plantarum seu prodromus descriptioneum vegetabilium maximam parte incognitorum qua sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783-1787 digessit Olof Swartz M.D (in Latin). p. 149.


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