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The identity of Ganoderma applanatum ( Basidiomycota )
Author(s) -
Niemelä Tuomo,
Miettinen Otto
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.1002/tax.573024
Subject(s) - boletus , basidiomycota , ganoderma , botany , taxon , biology , geography , mushroom , ganoderma lucidum , food science
A proposal was recently made (Redhead & al. in Taxon 55. 2006) to conserve the name Boletus applanatus Pers., and a neotype was selected for it. However, two externally almost indistinguishable species occur in Europe: Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat. as commonly understood, and G. adspersum (Schulzer) Donk. In this paper we examine the selected neotype of Boletus applanatus and determine that it conforms to the current European concept of G. applanatum rather than to the superficially similar G. adspersum.