Onnia tomentosa

Onnia tomentosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Genus: Onnia
Species:
O. tomentosa
Binomial name
Onnia tomentosa
(Fr.) P.Karst. (1889)
Synonyms
  • Polyporus tomentosus Fr. (1821)

Onnia tomentosa is a species of fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae commonly known as the woolly velvet polypore. It is frequently found in coniferous forests at higher altitudes, often growing in large groups, rather rare at lower altitudes. It is a plant pathogen, and causes tomentosus root rot, primarily in spruce.[1] It was formerly known as Inonotus tomentosum (Fr.) Teng until molecular phylogenetic analysis led to major revisions in the classification of the Hymenochaetaceae.[2]

  1. ^ Ryvarden, Leif; Gilbertson, Robert L. (1986). North American Polypores. Oslo, Norway: Fungiflora. ISBN 0-945345-06-2.
  2. ^ Wagner, T Fischer M. (2002). "Proceedings towards a natural classification of the worldwide taxa Phellinus s.l. and Inonotus s.l., and phylogenetic relationships of allied genera". Mycologia. 94 (6): 998–1016. doi:10.2307/3761866. JSTOR 3761866. PMID 21156572.