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Postia balsamea

Postia balsamea (Peck) Jülich

A species in the family Dacryobolaceae, order Polyporales. Recorded under 1 common name across 1 language.

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Classification
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Polyporales
Family
Dacryobolaceae
Genus
Postia
What it is called
Dutch
Jeneverbeskaaszwam
Also known as

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

  • Coriolus balsameus (Peck) Murrill
  • Coriolus kymatodes Anon.
  • Leptoporus alma-atensis Pilát
  • Microporus balsameus (Peck) Kuntze
  • Polyporus basilaris Overh.
  • Polyporus cutifractus (Murrill) Murrill
  • Polyporus kymatoides Rostk.
  • Polystictus balsameus (Peck) Cooke
  • Polystictus hapalus (Lév.) Sacc.
  • Tyromyces balsameus (Peck) Murrill
  • Tyromyces basilaris (Overh.) K.J.Martin
  • Tyromyces cutifractus Murrill
  • Tyromyces kymatodes Donk
  • Tyromyces kymatodes var. cuticulatus Donk
  • Tyromyces kymatoides (Rostk.) Donk

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

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