🍄 Family

Fomitopsidaceae

12 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Agaricomycetes › Polyporales › Fomitopsidaceae

Fomitopsis betulina (Bull.) B.K.Cui, M.L.Han & Y.C.Dai

Fomitopsis betulina is a common Northern Hemisphere birch brown rot fungus with traditional uses, considered mostly inedible.

Fomitopsis ochracea Ryvarden & Stokland

Fomitopsis ochracea is a large fungus often confused with F. pinicola, identifiable by simple distinguishing tests.

Fomitopsis mounceae Haight & Nakasone

Fomitopsis mounceae is a North American detritivorous fungus that causes cubical brown rot on dead aspen and conifer trees.

Fomitopsis schrenkii Haight & Nakasone

Fomitopsis schrenkii is a perennial fan-shaped woody conk with characteristic colour patterning and staining reaction to KOH.

Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.) P.Karst.

Fomitopsis pinicola is a common brown rot polypore fungus that causes tree stem decay with important ecological roles.

Neoantrodia serialis (Fr.) Audet

Neoantrodia serialis is a widespread polypore fungus that causes heart rot in living trees.

Rhodofomes cajanderi (P.Karst.) B.K.Cui, M.L.Han & Y.C.Dai

Rhodofomes cajanderi is an inedible perennial pink shelf fungus found in western North American spruce forests.

Rhodofomes roseus (Alb. & Schwein.) Kotl. & Pouzar

Rhodofomes roseus is a perennial sessile pore fungus that grows on dead wood in western North American spruce forests, causing brown cubical rot.

Rhodofomitopsis lilacinogilva (Berk.) B.K.Cui, M.L.Han & Y.C.Dai

Rhodofomitopsis lilacinogilva is a brown lilac-tinted shelf fungus primarily distributed in Australia, with additional records from India, Brazil, and introduced Europe.

Niveoporofomes spraguei (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) B.K.Cui, M.L.Han & Y.C.Dai

Niveoporofomes spraguei is a perennial sessile wood-growing bracket fungus with characteristic pore and colour features.

Climacocystis borealis (Fr.) Kotl. & Pouzar

Climacocystis borealis is a non-edible pathogenic fungus that causes heart rot in conifers, found across Eurasia, Oceania, and North America.

Fomitopsis officinalis (Vill.) Bondartsev & Singer

Fomitopsis officinalis, the quinine conk, is a tree-infecting bracket fungus with documented in vitro biological activities and a history of medicinal use.

Related Families

Polyporaceae 56 species Meruliaceae 8 species Laetiporaceae 7 species Irpicaceae 6 species Phanerochaetaceae 6 species Incrustoporiaceae 4 species Meripilaceae 4 species Sparassidaceae 4 species

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