Global InformationHyphodontia sambuci information
| Hyphodontia sambuci | |
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| Elder whitewash on elder (Sambucus nigra) in North Ayrshire, Scotland | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi
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| Phylum: | Basidiomycota
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| Class: | Agaricomycetes
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| Subclass: | Incertae sedis
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| Order: | Hymenochaetales
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| Family: | Schizoporaceae
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| Genus: | Hyphodontia
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| Species: | H. sambuci
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyphodontia sambuci (Fr.) J. Erikss., (1958)
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| Synonyms | |
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Hyphoderma sambuci (Pers.) Julich. Lyomyces sambuci | |
Hyphodontia sambuci, or elder whitewash, is a basidiomycete fungal pathogen on deadwood, especially elder.[1]
It is resupinate, forming a very thin structure which is white, pruinose (flour-like dusting) or chalky in appearance. It is inedible.[1] It also grows on dead but still hanging branches of Fraxinus, Berberis, Nothofagus, Ulmus, Populus, Hedera, Ribes, Symphoricarpos and rarely on conifers such as Cryptomeria.[2]
- ^ a b Phillips, Roger (2006), Mushrooms. Pub. McMilan, ISBN 0-330-44237-6. P. 322.
- ^ The Whitewash Elder.