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Polyporaceae — Bracket Fungus Family

56 species · Fungi

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Trametes hirsuta (Wulfen) Lloyd

Trametes hirsuta is a tough inedible bracket fungus that grows year-round on dead deciduous tree wood.

Trametes lactinea Berk.

Trametes lactinea, the latte bracket, is a globally distributed white rot polypore first described in 1843 by Miles Joseph Berkeley.

Trametes cubensis (Mont.) Sacc.

Trametes cubensis is a poroid bracket fungus in Polyporaceae first described in 1837 and reclassified to Trametes in 1891.

Trametes suaveolens (L.) Fr.

Trametes suaveolens is a fungus species in the Polyporaceae family, with Boletus suaveolens L., 1753 as its basionym.

Trametes gibbosa (Pers.) Fr.

Trametes gibbosa is a white to gray shelf mushroom saprobic on dead hardwood found in Eurasia and North America.

Lenzites betulinus (L.) Fr.

Lenzites betulinus is an inedible tough polypore fungus with gills and researched medicinal properties.

Poronidulus conchifer (Schwein.) Murrill

Poronidulus conchifer is an inedible fungus with cup-shaped fruit bodies that use raindrops to disperse spores.

Trametes cinnabarina (Jacq.) Fr.

Pycnoporus sanguineus (formerly Trametes cinnabarina) is a fungus with a range of documented industrial and modern and traditional medicinal uses.

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Polyporaceae

Polyporaceae is a family of poroid Basidiomycota fungi with variable texture and spore color, and no cystidia.

Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd

Trametes versicolor is a common white-rot deciduous wood fungus, marketed as a dietary supplement with unproven health benefits.

Trametes ochracea (Pers.) Gilb. & Ryvarden

Trametes ochracea is an inedible shelf fungus that causes white rot on hardwoods, with strains that produce pectinase and tested anti-inflammatory extracts.

Trametes pubescens (Schumach.) Pilát

Trametes pubescens is a small, inedible annual saprobic bracket fungus that sometimes infects fruit trees.

Trametes elegans (Spreng.) Fr.

Trametes elegans is an endophytic white rot polypore fungus commonly found in tropical hardwood forests worldwide.

Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat.

Ganoderma applanatum is a wood-decay bracket fungus with ecological, art, culinary, and medicinal uses.

Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat.

Ganoderma australe is a common tropical polypore fungus with a distinct shelf-like form, wide host range, and uncertain South American distribution.

Ganoderma brownii (Murrill) Gilb.

Ganoderma brownii is a perennial polypore that parasitizes hardwoods and conifers, with brownish-gray coloration and spores larger than G. applanatum.