Lenzites warnieri | |
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Species: | L. warnieri
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Lenzites warnieri | |
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Lenzites faventina Caldesi (1869) |
Lenzites warnieri is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae found in parts of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. The species is a white rot pathogen on living wood. Its corky fruiting bodies in the shape of semicircular plates form on the trunks of several types of deciduous trees growing near water bodies in regions of moist sub-Mediterranean climate. The fruiting body, which has a lamellar fruit layer, produces spores only once.
Michel Durieu de Maisonneuve and Camille Montagne classified Lenzites warnieri in 1860, on the basis of a find from northern Algeria. Lenzites warnieri is closely related to various species of the genus Trametes, but their exact taxonomic positions are to date unresolved.