Dentocorticium bicolor

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Dentocorticium bicolor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Dentocorticium
Species:
D. bicolor
Binomial name
Dentocorticium bicolor
(P.H.B.Talbot) Nakasone & S.H.He (2018)
Synonyms
  • Grandinia bicolorP.H.B.Talbot (1948)

Dentocorticium bicolor is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was originally described by Patric Henry Brabazon Talbot in 1948 as Grandinia bicolor. The type was collected in the Pietermaritzburg district of Natal Province in South Africa, where it was found growing on dead wood. [1] It has also been found in Australia, East Asia, North America, and South America. The fungus was transferred to genus Dentocorticium in 2018 by Karen Nakasone and Shuang-Hui He based on phylogenetic evidence. [2]

References

  1. Wakefield, E.M.; Talbot, P.H.B. (1948). "Descriptions of some new Hymenomycetes". Bothalia. 4 (4): 939–949.
  2. Liu, Shi-Liang; Nakasone, Karen K.; Wu, Sheng-Hua; He, Shuang-Hui; Dai, Yu-Cheng (2018). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of Lopharia s.s., Dendrodontia, Dentocorticium and Fuscocerrena (Basidiomycota, Polyporales)". MycoKeys (32): 25–48. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.32.23641 . PMC   5904543 . PMID   29681736. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg