''Tropicoporus linteus'' is a tropical American mushroom. Its former name ''Phellinus linteus'' is applied wider, including to an East Asian mushroom.

Taxonomy

''Polyporus linteus'' was named by

Miles Joseph Berkeley Miles Joseph Berkeley (1 April 1803 – 30 July 1889) was an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology. Life Berkeley was born at Biggin Hall, Benefield, Northamptonshire, and educated at ...

and

Moses Ashley Curtis Moses Ashley Curtis (11 May 1808 – 10 April 1872) was a noted American botanist. Biography Curtis was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and educated at Williams College in Massachusetts. After graduating, he became a tutor for the children of ...

and first reported with specimen from Nicaragua in 1860. ''Phellinus linteus'' was a rename by Shu Chün Teng in 1963. It was renamed ''Tropicoporus linteus'' by Li-Wei Zhou and Yu-Cheng Dai in 2015. The following mushrooms are applied with the name ''Phellinus linteus'':

Americas

* ''Phellinus linteus'' per se, the tropical American species, now ''Tropicoporus linteus'' * In subtropical South America, ''Phellinus linteus'' on '' Cordia americana'' is actually '' Tropicoporus drechsleri''; specimens collected on other plant hosts require further studies.

Asia

* ''Phellinus linteus'' in East Asia

Africa

* ''Xanthochrous rudis'', an African species formerly regarded as a synonym of ''Phellinus linteus'', regained taxon independency and was renamed '' Tropicoporus rudis''.

Description

A description was made by Tian et al. (2012) for the epitype. This mushroom's tube trama is dimitic, contains generative and skeletal hyphae.

Ecology and habitat

''Tropicoporus'' mushrooms cause a white rot. This mushroom is known distributed in Nicaragua, United States (

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) and Brazil. ''Tropicoporus linteus'' grows on

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and

tamarind Tamarind (''Tamarindus indica'') is a Legume, leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is indigenous to tropical Africa and naturalized in Asia. The genus ''Tamarindus'' is monotypic taxon, monotypic, meaning that it contains only this spe ...

References

Fungi of North America Fungi of Central America Fungi of South America Taxa named by Miles Joseph Berkeley Taxa named by Moses Ashley Curtis Hymenochaetaceae Fungus species {{Agaricomycetes-stub