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 Postia guttulata
SynonymsPolyporus guttulatus
Oligoporus guttulatus
Tyromyces guttulatus
Polyporus maculatus
BiostatusAbsent from region
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 annual, solitary or with many overlapping pilei, fleshy, soft and brittle when fresh, hard and horny when dry, attached by a lateral base. Pilei fan-shaped, 30–50 mm wide, 7–15 mm thick. Pileus surface irregularly warted and creviced, white with light brown patches, margin even or irregularly crenate. Pore surface even, with a sterile border up to 2 mm wide, white with a pinkish tinge, becoming discoloured or dirty white when old; pores small, 6–7 per mm. Context white. Hyphal system monomitic. Basidiospores subglobose to obovate, 3–5 × 3–4 μm, smooth, hyaline.
Distribution: Distribution: Auckland, Coromandel, Taupo, Wellington.; 1st Record: Cunningham (1965).
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