Ganoderma australe

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Ganoderma australe
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Ganodermataceae
Genus: Ganoderma
Species:
G. australe
Binomial name
Ganoderma australe
(Fr.) Pat. [1]
Synonyms [1]
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    • ? australeFr.
    • Elfvingia australis(Fr.) G.Cunn.
    • Elfvingia tornata(Pers.) Murrill
    • Fomes annularisLloyd
    • Fomes applanatus subsp. australis(Fr.) Cleland & Cheel, 1917
    • Fomes applanatus var. australis(Fr.) Cleland & Cheel
    • Fomes applanatus var. oroflavus(Lloyd) Cleland & Cheel
    • Fomes arculatus(Bres.) Sacc.
    • Fomes australis(Fr.) Cooke
    • Fomes australis subsp. arculatus(Bres.) Sacc.
    • Fomes australis var. oroflavus(Lloyd) G.Cunn.
    • Fomes oroflavusLloyd
    • Fomes polyzonusLloyd
    • Fomes pseudoaustralisLloyd
    • Fomes scansilis(Berk.) Cooke
    • Fomes undatusLázaro Ibiza
    • Ganoderma annulare(Lloyd) Boedijn
    • Ganoderma applanatum f. australe(Fr.) Bourdot & Galzin
    • Ganoderma applanatum subsp. australe(Fr.) Bourdot & Galzin
    • Ganoderma applanatum subsp. tornatum(Pers.) Humphrey & Leus-Palo, 1931
    • Ganoderma applanatum var. tornatum(Pers.) C.J.Humphrey & Leus-Palo
    • Ganoderma australe f. arculatumBres.
    • Ganoderma polyzonum(Lloyd) Torrend
    • Ganoderma tornatum(Pers.) Bres.
    • Ganoderma tornatum subsp. tornatum(Pers.) Humphrey, 1931
    • Placodes australis(Fr.) Quél.
    • Polyporus australisFr.
    • Polyporus scansilisBerk.
    • Polyporus tornatusPers.
    • Scindalma arculatum(Bres.) Kuntze
    • Scindalma scansile(Berk.) Kuntze
    • Scindalma tornatum(Pers.) Kuntz
Ganoderma tornatum
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Pores icon.pngPores on hymenium
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Spore print is brown
Parasitic fungus.svgEcology is parasitic
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Ganoderma australe is a fungal plant pathogen in the genus Ganoderma . It is a species of basidiomycete fungi in the family Polyporaceae. Members are also known as bracket fungi, or polypores. [2]

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Description

Like other polypores, its physical characteristics include a rigid and tough texture and a shelf-like appearance. Most specimens of G. australe have a dark brown upper surface, though the ones found in the northwest of India and Pakistan have a lighter appearance. G. australe also have thin, shiny horn-like layers, distinguishing them from G. applanatum . It does not have a long and thin stipe like G. cochlear . [3]

Physiologically, their mode of transmission is likely primarily through air-borne spores, as no rhizomorphs have been found. [4] While temperature increases decrease their spore size [5] its spore size was found to be 7.5–9.5 x 5–7 micrometers in one sample. In addition to parasitizing oil palms, G. australe has a variety of hosts, in comparison to other Ganoderma species. [6]

Distribution and habitat

It is distributed widely throughout the tropics, appearing to be one of the most common species of Ganoderma there. Some places it occurs is south of the Sahara desert, the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Canada, and the north west of India and Pakistan, and from the Philippines to New Caledonia and Papua. [4] It is not clear if this species occurs in South America, as few specimens are available.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  2. "Ganoderma tornatum". NCBI. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  3. Steyaert, R. L. (1972-01-01). "Species of Ganoderma and related genera mainly of the Bogor and Leiden Herbaria". Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 7 (1): 55–118. ISSN   0031-5850.
  4. 1 2 Uk, Cab International; Steyaert, R. L. (1975). "Ganoderma tornatum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria]" . Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria. 45. doi:10.1079/dfb/20056400447 . Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  5. Steyaert, R. L. (1975-12-01). "The concept and circumscription of Ganoderma tornatum" . Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 65 (3): 451–467. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(75)80043-X. ISSN   0007-1536.
  6. Pilotti, Carmel A.; Sanderson, Frank R.; Aitken, Elizabeth A.B.; Armstrong, Wendy (2004-09-01). "Morphological variation and host range of two Ganoderma species from Papua New Guinea" . Mycopathologia. 158 (2): 251–265. doi:10.1023/B:MYCO.0000041833.41085.6f. ISSN   1573-0832. PMID   15518355. S2CID   27078014.