Bondarzewia mesenterica

Bondarzewia mesenterica (synonym: Bondarzewia montana) is a species of polypore fungus in the family Bondarzewiaceae. It was first described as Boletus mesentericus by Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1774.[2] Hanns Kreisel transferred it to the genus Bondarzewia in 1984.[3] The species is edible.[4]

Bondarzewia mesenterica
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B. mesenterica
Binomial name
Bondarzewia mesenterica
(Schaeff.) Kreisel (1984)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boletus mesentericus Schaeff. (1774)
  • Polyporus anax Berk. ex Cooke (1883)
  • Cerioporus montanus Quél. (1888)
  • Polyporus montanus (Quél.) Ferry (1891)
  • Cladomeris montanus (Quél.) Bigeard & H.Guill. (1909)
  • Grifola mesenterica (Schaeff.) Murrill (1920)
  • Grifola montana (Quél.) Pilát (1934)
  • Bondarzewia montana (Quél.) Singer (1940)

The species grows at the base of conifers, developing from a sclerotium. The caps are tomentose with brownish zones, fan-shaped, often overlapping and growing from a shared base. The flesh is whitish with a pleasant odour when fresh. The species affects tree bases and roots with a white rot.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Bondarzewia mesenterica (Schaeff.) Kreisel". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  2. ^ Schaeffer JC. (1774). Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur Icones (in Latin). Vol. 4. Regensburg. p. 91; plate 267.
  3. ^ Kreisel H. (1984). "Beitrag zur Nomenklatur einiger Großpilze II". Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (in German). 95: 699–700.
  4. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  5. ^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 256–257. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.

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Bondarzewia mesenterica
 Pores on hymenium
   Cap is convex or depressed
 Hymenium is decurrent
 Stipe is bare
 
Spore print is white
 Edibility is unknown