Comprehensive Description
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Trametes cubensis (Mont.) Sacc. Syll. Fung-. 9: 198. 1891
Polyporus cubensis Mont. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. II. 8 : 364. 1837.— Mont. PI. Cell. Cuba 404. 1842. Cubamyces cubensis Murrill, Bull. Torrey Club 32 : 480. 1905.
Pileus large, applanate, dimidiate, sessile, corky, rigid or subrigid, comparatively thin, 5-10 X 10-20 X 0.5-1.5 cm. ; surface pelliculose, finely tomentose to glabrous, slightly concentrically zoned or furrowed, white to isabelline, latericeous or bay behind or in blotches, or rarely over the whole surface ; margin thin, obtuse, sterile, white, entire or undulate : context soft, punky, white to slightly yellowish, 3-10 mm. thick ; tubes 2-5 mm. long, slender, firm, corky, mouths very even, regular, circular, 4 to a mm., edges thick, entire, white to ochraceous : spores smooth, hyaline.
Type locality : Havana, Cuba.
Habitat: Dead wood.
Distribution : Southern Florida, "West Indies, and Central America.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Trametes cubensis: Brief Summary
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Trametes cubensis is a poroid bracket fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was first described in 1837 as Polyporus cubensis by Camille Montagne. Pier Andrea Saccardo transferred it to the genus Trametes in 1891.
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