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Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat.

A species in the family Polyporaceae, order Polyporales. Recorded under 2 common names across 2 languages.

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Classification
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Polyporales
Family
Polyporaceae
Genus
Ganoderma
What it is called
English
Southern Bracket
Welsh
Ysgwydd y De
Also known as

Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.

  • ? australe Fr.
  • Elfvingia australis (Fr.) G.Cunn.
  • Elfvingia tornata (Pers.) Murrill
  • Fomes annularis Lloyd
  • Fomes applanatus subsp. australis (Fr.) Cleland & Cheel, 1917
  • Fomes applanatus var. oroflavus (Lloyd) Cleland & Cheel
  • Fomes arculatus (Bres.) Sacc.
  • Fomes australis (Fr.) Cooke
  • Fomes australis subsp. arculatus (Bres.) Sacc.
  • Fomes australis var. oroflavus (Lloyd) G.Cunn.
  • Fomes oroflavus Lloyd
  • Fomes polyzonus Lloyd
  • Fomes pseudoaustralis Lloyd
  • Fomes scansilis (Berk.) Cooke
  • Fomes undatus Lázaro Ibiza
  • Ganoderma applanatum f. australe (Fr.) Bourdot & Galzin
  • Ganoderma applanatum subsp. tornatum (Pers.) Humphrey & Leus-Palo, 1931
  • Ganoderma polyzonum (Lloyd) Torrend
  • Ganoderma tornatum (Pers.) Bres.
  • Ganoderma tornatum subsp. tornatum
  • Placodes australis (Fr.) Quél.
  • Polyporus australis Fr.
  • Polyporus scansilis Berk.
  • Polyporus tornatus Pers.

Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).

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