Ceriporia inflata
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| Ceriporia inflata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Irpicaceae |
| Genus: | Ceriporia |
| Species: | C. inflata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceriporia inflata B.S.Jia & B.K.Cui (2013) | |
Ceriporia inflata is a species of crust fungus in the family Irpicaceae. It was described as new to science in 2013 by mycologists Bi-Si Jia and Bao-Kai Cui. The fungus is distinguished macroscopically from other Ceriporia species by its relatively large pores, and microscopically by its hyphae, which swell when KOH is applied; it is this latter feature for which the fungus is named. The type specimen of C. inflata was collected from Qiongzhong County (Hainan, China), where it was found growing on rotten angiosperm wood. It has also been recorded from Fenyi County in Jiangxi.[1]