Cerrena zonata

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Cerrena zonata is a species of poroid fungus in the genus Cerrena (Family: Polyporaceae).

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Cerrena zonata
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Cerrena
Species:
C. zonata
Binomial name
Cerrena zonata
(Berk.) H.S.Yuan (2014)
Synonyms[1]
  • Irpex zonatus Berk. (1854)
  • Xylodon zonatus (Berk.) Kuntze (1898)
  • Antrodiella zonata (Berk.) Ryvarden (1992)
  • Irpex brevis Berk. (1855)
  • Xylodon brevis (Berk.) Kuntze (1898)
  • Irpex decurrens Berk. ex Cooke (1891)
  • Xylodon decurrens (Berk. ex Cooke) Kuntze (1898)
  • Hydnum decurrens Berk. (1891)
  • Irpiciporus japonicus Murrill (1909)
  • Irpex japonicus (Murrill) Sacc. & Trotter (1912)
  • Polyporus japonicus (Murrill) Teng (1936)
  • Irpex cingulatus Lloyd (1918)
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Taxonomy

The fungus was first described scientifically by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1854 as Irpex zonatus.[2] In 1992, Leif Ryvarden moved it to Antrodiella, a wastebasket taxon containing morphologically similar species.[3] It was transferred to the genus Cerrena in 2014.[4]

Habitat and distribution

Cerrena zonata is a white rot fungus that grows on dead hardwoods. In Asia, it has been recorded from India to Thailand, Vietnam, China, Far East Russia, and Japan. It is also in New Zealand, Australia, and Argentina.[5]

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