Inonotus arizonicus is a plant pathogen. I. arizonicus is a locally common saprotrophic polypore that induces white rot in sycamore trees in southwestern North America.[1] Host species include Platanus wrightii (Arizona sycamores) and Platanus racemosa (California sycamores).[2] The fruiting bodies, shaped like hooves or a plate or a stack of plates, can appear on trunks, at the base of living trees, or on stumps or snags.[3] In California this species is generally found south of the San Francisco Bay Area.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Hymenochaetales |
| Family: | Hymenochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Inonotus |
| Species: | I. arizonicus
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| Inonotus arizonicus Gilb. (1969)
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References
edit- ^ Smith (2013), pp. 44–45.
- ^ Gilbertson (1969), p. 123.
- ^ Smith (2013), pp. 44.
- ^ Siegel & Schwarz (2016), p. 467.
Sources
edit- Gilbertson, Robert L. (1969-05-16). "A New Species of Inonotus on Southwestern Sycamores". The Southwestern Naturalist. 14 (1): 123–125. doi:10.2307/3669252. JSTOR 3669252.
- Goldstein, Donna; Gilbertson, Robert L. (January 1981). "Cultural Morphology and Sexuality of Inonotus arizonicus". Mycologia. 73 (1): 167. doi:10.2307/3759633. JSTOR 3759633.
- Siegel, Noah; Schwarz, Christian (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. ISBN 9781607748182. LCCN 2015027853. OCLC 956478776.
- Smith, Kevin (Fall 2013). "Decay fungi of riparian trees in the Southwestern U.S." (PDF). Western Arborist. pp. 40–51.
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