Xylobolus subpileatus is a widely distributed species of crust fungus in the family Stereaceae.
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| Underside of Xylobolus subpileatus fruit bodies, growing on oak | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Stereaceae |
| Genus: | Xylobolus |
| Species: | X. subpileatus
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| Xylobolus subpileatus | |
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Taxonomy
editIt was first described scientifically in 1849 by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis, who considered the fungus a species of Stereum closely related to but distinct from Stereum rugosum. The original collections were made from specimens growing on dead trunks in the United States of Ohio and South Carolina.[2] Xylobolus subpileatus was given its current name by French mycologist Jacques Boidin when he transferred it to the genus Xylobolus in 1958.[3]
Description
editThe caps are somewhat flat to wavy, with a dark zonate top and light underside. They are 2–20 centimetres (1–8 in) wide and 1–3.5 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄2 in) deep.[4]
Similar species
editLookalikes include some within the same genus, as well as Cerioporus mollis, Dentocorticium portoricense, and Hymenochaete rubiginosa.[4]
Distribution and habitat
editIt is found in eastern North America growing on fallen oak.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Xylobolus subpileatus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Boidin". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
- ^ Berkeley MJ. (1849). "Decades of fungi. Decades XXIII and XXIV. North and South Carolina Fungi". Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany. 1: 234–9.
- ^ Boidin J. (1958). "Hétérobasidiomycètes saprophytes et Homobasidiomycètes résupinés. V. Essai sur le genre Stereum Pers. ex S.F.Gray". Revue de Mycologie (in French). 23 (3): 318–46.
- ^ a b c Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
External links
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