Pycnoporus cinnabarinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Polyporaceae |
Genus: | Pycnoporus |
Species: | P. cinnabarinus
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Binomial name | |
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus | |
Synonyms | |
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Pycnoporus cinnabarinus | |
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Pores on hymenium | |
Hymenium attachment is not applicable | |
Lacks a stipe | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is inedible |
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, also known as the cinnabar polypore, is a saprophytic, white-rot decomposer. Its fruit body is a bright orange shelf fungus. It is common in many areas and is widely distributed throughout the world. It is inedible. [2] It produces cinnabarinic acid to protect itself from bacteria. [3]
The stipe and the pore surface had a positive reaction with potassium hydroxide.