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]

Inonotus arizonicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Genus: Inonotus
Species:
I. arizonicus
Binomial name
Inonotus arizonicus
Gilb. (1969)

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  1. ^ Smith (2013), pp. 44–45.
  2. ^ Gilbertson (1969), p. 123.
  3. ^ Smith (2013), pp. 44.
  4. ^ Siegel & Schwarz (2016), p. 467.

Sources

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  • 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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