Record ID No. |
2796 |
Author(s) |
Dai YuCheng, Cui BaoKai, Yuan HaiSheng, Wei YuLian , 2010 |
Affiliation |
Institute of Microbiology, P.O. Box 61, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China. yuchengd@yahoo.com |
Title |
A red list of polypores in China |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Mycosystema 29(2): 164-171p. |
Categories |
Mycorrhiza General |
Subjects |
Ecology |
Sub-subjects |
Genetic Diversity |
Host |
Polypores(wild mushrooms) |
Organism |
Fungi |
Country |
China, East Asia |
Abstracts |
Polypores in China were systematically investigated during 1992-2009, and 48 species are considered as rare and threatened fungi based mostly on their living environment. The threatened polypores account for 8% of the known polypores in China, and they occur in 20 provinces or autonomous regions in the country. Most of these polypores are found in virgin forests of nature reserves, and usually grow on fallen trunks or rotten wood, but rarely occur in managed forests. Among 48 threatened polypores, thirty-eight are white rot fungi, nine cause brown rot, and one is mycorrhizal. The general morphology, substrate and ecology of each species are briefly discussed. |