Fomitiporia gabonensis explained

Fomitiporia gabonensis is a fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae. It was first isolated from Sub-Saharan Africa, specifically in the Guineo-Congolian forest. It has a pileate basidiome, small basidiospores and an absence of setae. Morphological features that differentiate this species with F. nobilissima and F. ivindoensis are its pileus' shape, pore surface color and diameter, as well as its ecology.^[1]

Further reading

• Zhou . Li-Wei . Xue . Hui-Jun . 2012 . Fomitiporia pentaphylacis and F. tenuitubus spp. nov. (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) from Guangxi, southern China . Mycological Progress . 11 . 4. 907–913 . 10.1007/s11557-012-0806-1. 18309339 .
• Cloete, M., et al. "A novel Fomitiporia species associated with esca on grapevine in South Africa." Mycological progress 13.2 (2014): 303–311.
• Amalfi . Mario . Robledo . Gerardo . Decock . Cony . 2014 . Fomitiporia baccharidis comb. nov., a little known species from high elevation Andean forests and its affinities within the neotropical Fomitiporia lineages . Mycological Progress . 13 . 4. 1075–1087 . 10.1007/s11557-014-0995-x. 17946764 . 11336/9359 . free .

Notes and References

1. Amalfi. M.. Yombiyeni. P.. Decock. C.. Fomitiporia in sub-Saharan Africa: morphology and multigene phylogenetic analysis support three new species from the Guineo-Congolian rainforest. Mycologia. 102. 6. 2010. 1303–1317. 0027-5514. 10.3852/09-083. 20943571. 44827184.