Bondarzewia mesenterica
Species of fungus
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Bondarzewia mesenterica (synonym: Bondarzewia montana) is a species of polypore fungus in the family Bondarzewiaceae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Bondarzewiaceae |
| Genus: | Bondarzewia |
| Species: | B. mesenterica |
| Binomial name | |
| Bondarzewia mesenterica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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| Bondarzewia mesenterica | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
 | Pores on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or depressed |
 | Hymenium is decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is parasitic |
 | Edibility is edible |
Taxonomy
The species was first described as Boletus mesentericus by Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1774.[2] Hanns Kreisel transferred it to the genus Bondarzewia in 1984.[3]
Description
In maturity, a contiguous fruit body mass may be up to 1 metre (3+1⁄2 ft) across. The caps are up to 25 cm (10 in) wide[4] and tomentose with brownish zones, fan-shaped, often overlapping and growing from a shared base.[5] The buff pores are up to 2 millimetres (1⁄16 in) wide.[4] The flesh is whitish with a pleasant odour when fresh.[5] The stalks are continuous with the caps and grow from an underground base, the sclerotium,[5] which is up to 12 cm long and 5 cm thick.[4]
Similar species
Outside of its genus, it resembles Meripilus giganteus.[4]
