Laetiporus caribensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Laetiporaceae
- Genus
- Laetiporus
- Species
- Laetiporus caribensis
- Scientific Name
- Laetiporus caribensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Laetiporus caribensis
Laetiporus caribensis is a species of polypore fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. It is found in the Caribbean Islands and in Central America, where it causes a brown rot on tropical hardwood trees. It was described as new to science in 2012 by Mark Banik and Daniel Lindner. The type collection was made in El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico, where the fungus was found fruiting on a snag of Guarea guidonia.
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Sibling Taxa
- Laetiporus ailaoshanensis
- Laetiporus baudonii
- Laetiporus caribensis
- Laetiporus cincinnatus
- Laetiporus conifericola
- Laetiporus cremeiporus
- Laetiporus dilatohyphus
- Laetiporus gilbertsonii
- Laetiporus huroniensis
- Laetiporus lobatus
- Laetiporus montanus
- Laetiporus portentosus
- Laetiporus speciosus
- Laetiporus sulphureus
- Laetiporus versisporus
- Laetiporus zonatus