Aurantiporus fissilis

Aurantiporus fissilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Meruliaceae
Genus:	Aurantiporus
Species:	A. fissilis
Binomial name
Aurantiporus fissilis (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) H.Jahn (1978)
Synonyms
Polyporus fissilisBerk. & M.A.Curtis (1849) Tyromyces fissilis(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Donk (1933)

Aurantiporus fissilis
Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium is decurrent
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is parasitic or saprotrophic
	Edibility is inedible

Aurantiporus fissilis, or the greasy bracket, ^[1] is a species of poroid fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It is a plant pathogen. ^[2] Although known primarily as a central and northern European species, ^[3] it was recorded in Taiwan in 2016. ^[4] It is inedible. ^[5]

References

1. Jarvis, Peter J. (2020). The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles. Exeter: Pelagic. ISBN   9781784271947.
2. Ryvarden Leif (1978). The Polyporaceae of North Europe. Vol. 2. Oslo, Norway: Fungiflora. p. 222.
3. Ryvarden, Leif; Melo, I. (2014). Poroid Fungi of Europe. Synopsis Fungorum. Vol. 31. Oslo, Norway: Fungiflora. p. 437. ISBN   978-8290724462.
4. Kim, Nam Kyu; Park, Jae Young; Park, Myung Soo; Lim, Young Woon (2016). "Five new wood decay fungi (Polyporales and Hymenochaetales) in Korea". Mycobiology. 44 (3): 146–154. doi:10.5941/MYCO.2016.44.3.146. PMC   5078127 . PMID   27790065.
5. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 309. ISBN   978-1-55407-651-2.