Phlebia coccineofulva, commonly known as the scarlet waxcrust, is a species of crust fungus in the family Meruliaceae. It was described as a new species by Lewis David de Schweinitz in 1832.[2] The fungus is found in North America, continental Europe, and northern Asia, where it grows as a saprophyte on decaying stumps and woody forest debris.[3]
Phlebia coccineofulva | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Meruliaceae |
Genus: | Phlebia |
Species: | P. coccineofulva
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Binomial name | |
Phlebia coccineofulva Schwein. (1832)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Phlebia coccineofulva Schwein". Species Fungorum. Kew Mycology. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
- ^ Schweinitz, L.D. von (1832). "Synopsis fungorum in America boreali media degentium". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (in Latin). 4 (2): 165.
- ^ Roberts, Peter; Evans, Shelley (2011). The Book of Fungi. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. p. 429. ISBN 978-0-226-72117-0.