Fuscoporia gilva

*Fuscoporia gilva*
Fuscoporia gilva
Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is yellow
	Ecology is parasitic or saprotrophic
	Edibility is unknown

Fuscoporia gilva
	Fruiting bodies growing on Quercus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hymenochaetales
Family:	Hymenochaetaceae
Genus:	Fuscoporia
Species:	F. gilva
Binomial name
	Fuscoporia gilva; (Schwein.) T. Wagner & M. Fisch. (2002)
Synonyms
	List Boletus gilvusSchwein. (1822); Polyporus gilvus(Schwein.) Fr. (1828); Mucronoporus gilvus(Schwein.) Ellis & Everh. (1889); Fomes gilvus(Schwein.) Speg. (1898); Phellinus gilvus(Schwein.) Pat. (1900); Hapalopilus gilvus(Schwein.) Murrill (1904); Polystictus rufopictus sensu Spegazzini (1972); Polyporus liquidambarisSchwein. (1828); Polyporus rubiginosusBerk. (1839); Polyporus laurenciiBerk. (1859); Fomes rubiginosusBerk. ex Cooke (1885); Polyporus calvescensBerk. (1839); Fomes calvescens(Berk.) Cooke (1885); Scindalma calvescens(Berk.) Kuntze (1898); Polyporus gilvus var. scabrorugosusBerk. (1839); Polyporus omalopilusMont. (1842); Polystictus omalopilus(Mont.) Fr. (1851); Fomes omalopilus(Mont.) Cooke (1885); Scindalma omalopilum(Mont.) Kuntze (1898); Polyporus flabellumMont. (1842); Polystictus flabellum(Mont.) Fr. (1851); Microporus flabellum(Mont.) Kuntze (1898); Coriolus flabellum(Mont.) Murrill (1905); Polyporus inamoenusMont. (1842); Fomes inamoenus(Mont.) Cooke (1885); Polyporus gilvus var. inamoenus(Mont.) Cleland & Cheel (1917); Phellinus inamoenus(Mont.) Ryvarden (1972); Polyporus isidioidesBerk. (1843); Trametes isidioides(Berk.) Fr. (1849); Polyporus scruposus var. isidioides(Berk.) Cooke (1885); Mucronoporus isidioides(Berk.) Ellis & Everh. (1889); Polyporus trachodesLév. (1844); Fomes trachodes(Lév.) Cooke (1885); Scindalma trachodes(Lév.) Kuntze (1898); Polyporus bonplandianusLév. (1846); Polystictus bonplandianus(Lév.) Cooke (1886); Microporus bonplandianus(Lév.) Kuntze (1898); Coriolus bonplandianus(Lév.) Pat. (1900); Polyporus connexusLév. (1846); Polystictus connexus(Lév.) Cooke (1886); Microporus connexus(Lév.) Kuntze (1898); Polyporus spurcusLév. (1846); Polystictus spurcus(Lév.) Cooke (1886); Microporus spurcus(Lév.) Kuntze (1898); Polyporus holosclerusBerk. (1847); Fomes holosclerus(Berk.) Cooke (1885); Scindalma holosclerum(Berk.) Kuntze (1898); Trametes pertusaFr. (1848); Polyporus carneofulvusBerk. ex Fr. (1851); Fomes carneofulvus(Berk. ex Fr.) F.M. Bailey (1890); Polystictus unguicularisFr. (1851); Microporus unguicularis(Fr.) Kuntze (1898); Microporellus unguicularis(Fr.) Murrill (1907); Polyporus endozonusFr. (1851); Fomes endozonus(Fr.) G. Cunn. (1948); Phellinus laurencii(Berk.) Aoshima (1966); Trametes petersiiBerk. & M.A. Curtis (1872); Polyporus petersii(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc. & Trotter (1925); Polyporus ilicincolaBerk. & M.A. Curtis (1872); Polystictus ilicincola(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Cooke (1886); Microporus ilicicola(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Kuntze (1898); Microporus ilicincola(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Kuntze (1898); Coriolus ilicincola(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1905); Polyporus caesiellusCes. (1879); Polystictus caesiellus(Ces.) Sacc. (1888); Microporus caesiellus(Ces.) Kuntze (1898); Polyporus aggrediensBerk. (1880); Polystictus aggrediens(Berk.) Cooke (1886); Microporus aggrediens(Berk.) Kuntze (1898); Polyporus breviporusCooke (1883); Polystictus breviporus(Cooke) Cooke (1886); Microporus breviporus(Cooke) Kuntze (1898); Polyporus balansaeSpeg. (1884); Polystictus balansae(Speg.) Sacc. (1888); Mucronoporus balansae(Speg.) Ellis & Everh. (1889); Microporus balansae(Speg.) Kuntze (1898); Polyporus subtropicalisSpeg. (1884); Polystictus subtropicalis(Speg.) Sacc. (1888); Microporus subtropicalis(Speg.) Kuntze (1898); Scindalma rubiginosum(Berk. ex Cooke) Kuntze (1898); Polystictus tenuisLink ex Cooke (1886); Polystictus purpureofuscusCooke (1886); Microporus purpureofuscus(Cooke) Kuntze (1898); Placodes fucatusQuél. (1887); Polyporus fucatus(Quél.) Costantin & L.M. Dufour (1891); Fomes fucatus(Quél.) Sacc. (1891); Scindalma fucatum(Quél.) Kuntze (1898); Xanthochrous fucatus(Quél.) Pat. (1900); Boudiera fucata(Quél.) Lázaro Ibiza (1916); Polystictus proditorSpeg. (1889); Microporus proditor(Speg.) Kuntze (1898); Polyporus proditor(Speg.) Bres. (1916); Polyporus aureomarginatusHenn. (1895); Polyporus gilvus var. congregatusE. Bommer & M. Rousseau (1896); Hexagonia vittataEllis & T. Macbr. (1896); Coriolopsis vittata(Ellis & T. Macbr.) Murrill (1908); Cerrena vittata(Ellis & T. Macbr.) Zmitr. (2001); Polystictus subglaberEllis & T. Macbr. (1896); Polyporus gilvoidesHenn. (1897); Polystictus hybridusSpeg. (1898); Microporus tenuisLink ex Kuntze (1898); Mucronoporus sublilacinusEllis & Everh., Bull (1900); Hapalopilus sublilacinus(Ellis & Everh.) Murrill (1904); Polyporus licnoides var. sublilacinus(Ellis & Everh.) Overh. (1953); Polyporus illiciicolaHenn. (1902); Phellinus illiciicola(Henn.) Teng (1963); Phellinus stabulorumPat. (1907); Fomes stabulorum(Pat.) Sacc. & Trotter (1912); Polyporus stabulorum(Pat.) Lloyd, (1915); Coriolus delectansMurrill (1907); Polystictus delectans(Murrill) Sacc. & Trotter (1912); Fomitiporella demetrionisMurrill (1907); Poria demetrionis(Murrill) Sacc. & Trotter (1912); Pyropolyporus tenuissimusMurrill (1908); Fomes tenuissimus(Murrill) Lloyd (1915); Hapalopilus ramosiiMurrill (1908); Polyporus ramosii(Murrill) Sacc. & Trotter (1912); Ganoderma ramosii(Murrill) Sacc. & Trotter; Polystictus ramosii(Murrill) P.W. Graff (1921); Coriolus pertenuisMurrill (1910); Polystictus pertenuis(Murrill) Sacc. & Trotter (1912); Polyporus hookeriLloyd (1915); Phellinus gilvus var. hookeri(Lloyd) S. Ahmad (1972); Polyporus marcuccianusLloyd (1915); Polyporus subgilvusSpeg. (1915); Polyporus subradiatusBres. (1916); Polyporus subgilvusBres. (1920); Polyporus chrysellusBres. (1920); Polyporus pseudogilvusLloyd (1920); Trametes keetiiVan der Byl (1922); Polyporus ursinulusLloyd (1922); Polyporus tenuisLink ex Sacc. & Trotter (1925); Phellinus bolarisPat. (1927); Polyporus gilvus var. sublicnoidesRick (1935);

Last updated November 12, 2025

Fuscoporia gilva, commonly known as the oak conk,^[1] is a species of fungal plant pathogen that infects several hosts.

Description

The fruit bodies typically grow in rows of horizontal platforms, which grow over several years and sometimes "smear" onto the wood.^[2] The caps are usually semicircular with lumpy margins, 2–15 centimetres (3⁄4–5+7⁄8 inches) wide, with zonate colouration ranging from dark brown to light reddish-brown or yellowish at the margin,^[1] which is up to 1 cm thick and velvety.^[2] There are 5–8 pores per square millimetre. The flesh is tough and corky. The spore print is whitish or yellow.^[1]^[2]

Similar species

Mensularia radiata , the alder bracket,^[3] is usually found on non-oak hardwoods; fresh specimens often exhibit white-tipped pores near the margin.^[2]

Ecology

It is a plant pathogen that infects several hosts.^[4]

Uses

In traditional Chinese medicine, it is used to treat stomachaches and cancer; polysaccharides isolated from lab-grown F. gilvus have been shown to inhibit the growth of melanoma in a mouse model.^[5]^[6]

References

1 2 3 Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 582. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
1 2 3 4 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
↑ Jarvis, Peter J. (2020). The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles. Exeter: Pelagic. ISBN 9781784271947.
↑ Rizzo, David M.; Rentmeester, Rita M.; Burdsall, Harold H. (1995-11-01). "Sexuality and somatic incompatibility in Phellinus gilvus" . Mycologia. 87 (6): 805–820. doi:10.1080/00275514.1995.12026602. ISSN 0027-5514.
↑ Huo, Jinxi; Zhong, Shi; Du, Xin; Cao, Yinglong; Wang, Wenqiong; Sun, Yuqing; Tian, Yu; Zhu, Jianxun; Chen, Jine; Xuan, Lijiang; Wu, Chongming; Li, Yougui (2020-07-01). "Whole-genome sequence of Phellinus gilvus (mulberry Sanghuang) reveals its unique medicinal values". Journal of Advanced Research. 24: 325–335. doi:10.1016/j.jare.2020.04.011. ISSN 2090-1232. PMC 7235939 . PMID 32455007.
↑ Bae, Jae-sung; Jang, Kwang-ho; Yim, Hyunee; Jin, Hee-kyung (2005-01-31). "Polysaccharides isolated from Phellinus gilvus inhibit melanoma growth in mice". Cancer Letters. 218 (1): 43–52. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2004.08.002. ISSN 0304-3835.

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[Arora1986-1] 1 2 3 Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 582. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.

[aud-2] 1 2 3 4 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.

[jarvis-2020-3] Jarvis, Peter J. (2020). The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles. Exeter: Pelagic. ISBN 9781784271947.

[4] Rizzo, David M.; Rentmeester, Rita M.; Burdsall, Harold H. (1995-11-01). "Sexuality and somatic incompatibility in Phellinus gilvus" . Mycologia. 87 (6): 805–820. doi:10.1080/00275514.1995.12026602. ISSN 0027-5514.

[5] Huo, Jinxi; Zhong, Shi; Du, Xin; Cao, Yinglong; Wang, Wenqiong; Sun, Yuqing; Tian, Yu; Zhu, Jianxun; Chen, Jine; Xuan, Lijiang; Wu, Chongming; Li, Yougui (2020-07-01). "Whole-genome sequence of Phellinus gilvus (mulberry Sanghuang) reveals its unique medicinal values". Journal of Advanced Research. 24: 325–335. doi:10.1016/j.jare.2020.04.011. ISSN 2090-1232. PMC 7235939 . PMID 32455007.

[6] Bae, Jae-sung; Jang, Kwang-ho; Yim, Hyunee; Jin, Hee-kyung (2005-01-31). "Polysaccharides isolated from Phellinus gilvus inhibit melanoma growth in mice". Cancer Letters. 218 (1): 43–52. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2004.08.002. ISSN 0304-3835.

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Taxon identifiers
Fuscoporia gilva	Wikidata: Q105054429 AusFungi: 60027297 CoL: 6K4L2 GBIF: 2520543 iNaturalist: 896124 IndexFungorum: 384767 IRMNG: 11125209 MycoBank: 384767 NCBI: 40471 NZOR: 8d811616-9c75-4b91-8e58-2b9a0817eb42 Open Tree of Life: 994523 SpeciesFungorum: 384767
Phellinus gilvus	Wikidata: Q7181235 AusFungi: 60027306 CoL: 4FZDF EoL: 133566 GBIF: 2520519 iNaturalist: 118083 IndexFungorum: 120542 IRMNG: 11384599 MycoBank: 120542 NatureServe: 2.1062792 NBN: NBNSYS0000020993 NZOR: 40b36ed3-b616-4df2-ae43-5ebf9aa64b2f Open Tree of Life: 994523 SpeciesFungorum: 120542
Boletus gilvus	Wikidata: Q59548477 AusFungi: 60074540 CoL: MCLB GBIF: 5238119 IndexFungorum: 451971 IRMNG: 10648417 MycoBank: 451971 NZOR: 2b3f6d69-c933-45ba-8a85-c5238daac5a1 SpeciesFungorum: 451971