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Postia lowei compared with Postia sericeomollis
Key Differences
- is Not Evaluated while is Least Concern.
Taxonomic Classification
| Rank | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kingdom same | Fungi (mantar) | Fungi (mantar) |
| Phylum same | Basidiomycota (Bazitli mantarlar) | Basidiomycota (Bazitli mantarlar) |
| Class same | Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) | Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) |
| Order same | Polyporales (Polyporales) | Polyporales (Polyporales) |
| Family same | Dacryobolaceae | Dacryobolaceae |
| Genus same | Postia | Postia |
| Species | Postia lowei | Postia sericeomollis |
Evolutionary Relationship
and share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Postia.
Conservation Status
Physical Characteristics
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diet | — | — |
| Average Lifespan | — | — |
| Average Length | — | — |
| Average Weight | — | — |
Habitat & Geographic Range
Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.
Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.
Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.
Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and United States.
Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.
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