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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Cyclomyces tabacinus. Cyclomyces tabacinus

Synonyms

Inonotus tabacinus
Polyporus gilvorigidus
Polyporus rigidus
Polyporus tabacinus
Polystictus iodinus
Polystictus tabacinus
Mucronoporus tabacinus
Hymenochaete porioides

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Non endemic

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Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: cap (with drop of KOH) & pores
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: section through cap
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: section though hymenium, and spores (Melzers)
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Owner: Herb. PDD

Owner: P.K. Buchanan
 

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 or biennial, solitary or in groups, leathery, attached by a lateral base. Pilei applanate, conchate or fan-shaped, 10–80 mm wide, 1–2 mm thick. Pileus surface tomentose, becoming glabrous, silky, shining, concentrically sulcate, dark brown, black when old, occasionally with concentric bands of different shades of brown, margin concolorous or darker, crenate. Pore surface even, with a sterile border 1–2 mm wide, cinnamon brown to dark brown, pores small, 8–9 per mm. Context cinnamon brown to dark brown, up to 1 mm thick. Hyphal system monomitic. Setae subulate, 16–32 × 4–6 μm, chestnut brown. Basidiospores elliptical, 2–3 × 1–2 μm, smooth, hyaline.
Distribution: Distribution: Auckland, Coromandel, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Taupo, Rangitikei, Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Buller, Westland, Fiordland, Marlborough, Mid Canterbury, Otago Lakes, Dunedin, Southland, Stewart Island.; 1st Record: Berkeley (1855: as Polyporus tabacinus).

Article: Cooke, M.C. (1879). New Zealand fungi. Grevillea 8(46): 54-68.