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Pycnoporus

Notes

Polypore fungi forming bright orange, bracket shaped fungi on dead wood, associated with a white rot. The single New Zealand species, P. coccineus, is common on a wide range of hosts, both native and exotic. Often found in exposed situations.

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 Pycnoporus coccineus