Species

Fuscopostia fragilis (Brown-staining cheese polypore)

Fuscopostia fragilis. Photo: (c) Danny Newman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

The Fomitopsidaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. Most species are parasitic on woody plants, and tend to cause brown rots. The name comes from Fomitopsis (meaning “looking like Fomes”) + -aceae (a suffix used to form taxonomic family names).

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Order: Polyporales (Shelf fungi)
        Family: Fomitopsidaceae (Bracket polypores)
        Genus: Fuscopostia
        Species: Fuscopostia fragilis (Brown-staining cheese polypore)

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