Ganoderma orbiforme

Ganoderma orbiforme
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Ganodermataceae
Genus: Ganoderma
Species:
G. orbiforme
Binomial name
Ganoderma orbiforme
(Fr.) Ryvarden (2000)
Synonyms
  • Polyporus orbiformis Fr. (1838)
  • Fomes orbiformis (Fr.) Cooke (1885)
  • Fomes lucidus f. boninensis Pat. (1888)
  • Fomes lucidus f. noukahivensis Pat. (1888)
  • Ganoderma boninense Pat. (1889)
  • Ganoderma noukahivense Pat. (1889)
  • Scindalma orbiforme (Fr.) Kuntze (1898)
  • Ganoderma lucidum var. orbiformis (Fr.) Rick (1960)

Ganoderma orbiforme – most commonly known as G. boninense or just Ganoderma in oil palm pathology – is a species of polypore fungus that is widespread across southeast Asia. It is a plant pathogen that causes basal stem rot, a disease of the African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). The fungus was first described scientifically in 1838 by Elias Magnus Fries from collections made in Guinea.[1] Leif Ryvarden transferred it to the genus Ganoderma in 2000.[2] In addition to its type locality, the fungus has also been collected from the Bonin Islands in the Pacific, and from Venezuela and Puerto Rico.[2]

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