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Species of fungus
Climacocystis borealis is a species of poroid
fungus in the family
Fomitopsidaceae .
Taxonomy
First
described in 1821 by Swedish mycologist
Elias Magnus Fries , it has since acquired an extensive
synonymy of alternate scientific names.
[1] Until 2014, it was the sole member of the
Climacocystis ,
[2] a genus circumscribed by Czech mycologists
František Kotlaba and
Zdeněk Pouzar in 1958,
[3] when the newly described Chinese species
Climacocystis montana was added to the genus.
[4]
Description
Climacocystis borealis is both a
saprophyte and a secondary
pathogen that causes a
heart rot in the roots and
bole of host trees.
[5]
Distribution
It is widely distributed, and has been recorded from Asia, Europe, Oceania, and North America. In China, it is found in
Shanxi ,
Guangdong ,
Sichuan , and
Tibet .
[6]
Toxicity
It is not edible by humans.
[7]
References
^
a
b
"GSD Species Synonymy: Climacocystis borealis (Fr.) Kotl. & Pouzar" . Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-10-07 .
^ Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 151.
ISBN
978-0-85199-826-8 .
^ Kotlába, F.; Pouzar, Z. (1958). "Polypori novi vel minus cogniti Cechoslovakiae III". Ceská Mykologie . 12 (2): 95–104.
^ Song, Jie; Chen, Yuan-Yuan; Cui, Bao-Kai (2014). "Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Climacocystis (Polyporales) in China". Cryptogamie, Mycologie . 35 (3): 221–231.
doi :
10.7872/crym.v35.iss3.2014.221 .
S2CID
85287632 .
^ Gonthier, Paolo (2010).
"Controlling root and butt rot diseases in alpine European forests" . In Arya, Arun; Perelló, Analía Edith (eds.). Management of Fungal Plant Pathogens . CAB International. p. 348.
ISBN
978-1-84593-603-7 .
^ Zhishu, B.; Zheng, G.; Taihui, L. (1993).
The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province . New York, New York: Columbia University Press. p. 190.
ISBN
9789622015562 .
^ Phillips, Roger (2010).
Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America . Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p.
315 .
ISBN
978-1-55407-651-2 .
External links
Climacocystis borealis Polyporus borealis