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Phellinus Quél., 1886 (a genus of porecrusts and brackets)

Notes (MWS) A group of hard brown bracket fungi including species preferring coniferous and broadleaved hosts.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #microphotos
Phellinus Fruitbody 19 May 2004 South Devon England 3

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Species Phellinus aff. pomaceus 5 1 9    
Species Phellinus cavicola Kotl. & Pouzar, 1995 (Cave Artist)       1 12
Species Phellinus conchatus (Pers.) Quél., 1886 (a bracket fungus)         10
Species Phellinus contiguus (Pers.) Pat., 1900 (a bracket fungus)   12 4   3
Species Phellinus ferreus (Pers.) Bourdot & Galzin, 1925 (Cinnamon Porecrust) 6       45
Species Phellinus ferruginosus (Schrad.) Bourdot & Galzin, 1928 (Rusty Porecrust) 8 10 12   11
Species Phellinus hippophaëicola H. Jahn, 1978 (a bracket fungus) 1       4
Species Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél., 1886 (Willow Bracket)   2     5
Species Phellinus laevigatus (Fr.) Bourdot & Galzin, 1928 (a bracket fungus)         2
Species Phellinus lundellii Niemelä, 1972 (a bracket fungus)         3
Species Phellinus nigricans (Fr.) P. Karst., 1899 (a bracket fungus)         4
Species Phellinus pini (Thore) A. Ames, 1913 (a bracket fungus)         2
Species Phellinus pomaceus (Pers.) Maire, 1932 (Cushion Bracket) 11 6 2 1 16
Species Phellinus punctatus (Fr.) Pilát, 1942 (a bracket fungus)         4
Species Phellinus robustus (P. Karst.) Bourdot & Galzin, 1928 (Robust Bracket)       1 1
Species Phellinus torulosus (Pers.) Bourdot & Galzin, 1925 (Tufted Bracket)         7
Species Phellinus tremulae (Bondartsev) Bondartsev & Borissov, 1953 (Aspen Bracket)       1 1

Suggested Literature

General Works

Anke, H. & Weber, R.W.S., 1920 White rots, chlorine and the environment

Phellinus may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Phellinus:

Photos fruitbody (dead, decayed) dead, decayed fruitbody is decayed by fruitbody Hyphodontia pallidula - a resupinate fungus (Hymenochaetales: Schizoporaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody (dead, decayed) dead, decayed fruitbody is decayed by fruitbody Stypella subhyalina - a jelly fungus (Tremellales: Exidiaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Phellinus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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