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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Inonotus lloydii. Inonotus lloydii

Synonyms

Phellinus lloydii
Fomes lloydii

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Non endemic

Article: Dingley, J.M. (1969). Records of plant diseases in New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin 192: 298 p. Wellington:.
Notes: Gilmour (1966a) stated that the fungus is responsible for heart rot in Podocarpus totara causing a yellow pipe rot. The fungus is recorded only from Australia and New Zealand; as it is not very common the species is of minor economic importance.
Article: Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005). Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. Ngā Harore o Aotearoa 4: xi + 437 p. Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press.
Description: Type: Lignicolous Fungi; Description: Basidiomata perennial, solitary, woody or corky, attached by a lateral base. Pileus applanate, 50–110 mm wide, up to 25 mm thick. Pileus surface tomentose, becoming glabrous with age, obscurely concentrically zoned, yellowish brown, darkening with age, margin rounded, even. Pore surface even, with a sterile border 2–3 mm wide, brown; pores in several strata, 4–5 per mm. Context reddish brown, 10–20 mm thick. Hyphal system monomitic. Basidiospores globose to subglobose, 4–6 × 4–5 μm, smooth, yellow brown.
Distribution: Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Taupo, Wellington.; 1st Record: Cunningham (1948d: as Fomes lloydii).