Ceriporia excelsa is a species of crust fungus in the family Irpicaceae. It is found in Europe and North America, where it typically grows on dead hardwood.[3] It has also been recorded from China.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Irpicaceae |
| Genus: | Ceriporia |
| Species: | C. excelsa
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Description
editThe crust-like fruit bodies of this species are soft and readily separable from the substrate. The colour of the margin ranges from white to pinkish tan to purplish, while the pore surface is pink to reddish orange. Pores are circular or angular and number two to three per millimetre. C. excelsa has a monomitic hyphal system, with only generative hyphae. Spores are oblong to somewhat cylindrical, measuring 3.5–5 by 2–2.5 μm.[3]
References
edit- ^ Lundell, S.; Nannfeldt, J.A. (1946). Fungi Exsiccati Suecici. Vol. 27–28. pp. 1301–1400.
- ^ Zmitrovich, I.V.; Malysheva, V.F.; Spirin, W.A. (2006). "A new morphological arrangement of the Polyporales. I. Phanerochaetineae". Mycena. 6: 4–56.
- ^ a b Ryvarden, Leif; Melo, I. (2014). Poroid Fungi of Europe. Synopsis Fungorum. Vol. 31. Oslo, Norway: Fungiflora. pp. 129–130. ISBN 978-8290724462.
- ^ Dai, Yu-Cheng; Yuan, Hai-Sheng; Yu, Chang-Jun; Cui, Bao-Kai; Wei, Yu-Lian; Li, Juan (2004). "Polypores from the Great Hinggan Mts., NE China". Coll. Res. 17: 71–81.