Table 4.

Morphological, ecological and geographic traits in pink-coloured Fomitopsis spp.¹.

Species	Geographic distribution/host	Macroscopic characters	Tramal skeletal hyphae	Skeletocystidia	Basidiospores
F. africana	Africa, South-East Asia; angiosperms	basidiocarps sessile, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 7–8 per mm	loosely interwoven, brownish, 3–5 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical-subfusiform, 5.8–7.8 × 2.5–3.4 μm; L = 6.53, W = 2.98, Q = 2.21
F. cajanderi	Holarctic; conifers	basidiocarps sessile or rarely effused-reflexed, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 5–7 per mm	interwoven, reddish-brown, 2.5–4 μm in diam	not differentiated	narrowly cylindrical to subfusiform, 4.2–6.1 × 1.8–2.1 μm; L = 5.24, W = 1.95, Q = 2.69
F. carnea	South-East Asia; angiosperms	basidiocarps sessile, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 7–9 per mm	densely interwoven, hyaline, yellowish or brownish, 3–4 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical-subfusiform to narrowly ellipsoid, 2.9–4.5 × 1.9–2.3 μm; L = 3.63, W = 2.07, Q = 1.75
F. cupreorosea	Neotropics; angiosperms, very rarely conifers	basidiocarps sessile, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 3–5 per mm	densely interwoven, brownish to pinkishbrown, 3–4.5 μm in diam	abundant, normally blunt, slightly projecting	cylindrical-subfusiform, 4.6–6.6 × 2.1–3.0 μm; L = 5.36, W = 2.52, Q = 2.12
F. cupressicola	North America (eastern part); conifers	basidiocarps sessile, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 6–8 per mm	densely interwoven, brown; 2–3.5 μm in diam	poorly differentiated, obtuse, embedded or slightly projecting	cylindrical to narrowly ellipsoid, 3.7–5.2 × 1.9–2.8 μm; L = 4.31, W = 2.23, Q = 1.96
F. eucalypti	Oceania; angiosperms	sessile or effusedreflexed, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 5–7 per mm	densely interwoven, yellowish, 3–4.5 μm in diam	not differentiated	narrowly ellipsoid to cylindrical, 4.0–6.8 × 2.1–3.0 μm; L = 4.81, W = 2.56, Q = 1.90
F. feei	South America; angiosperms	sessile, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 6–7 per mm	densely interwoven, brownish to reddish-brown, 3–4 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical-subfusiform, 4.0–6.2 × 2.1–2.9 μm; L = 4.82, W = 2.37, Q = 2.05
F. flabellata (fide Tibpromma et al. 2017)	South America; angiosperms	sessile, hymenophore one-layered, pores 3–4 per mm	interwoven, 3–5 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical, 4–5 × 2–2.5 μm
F. foedata	Oceania; angiosperms	sessile, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 6–8 per mm	densely interwoven, yellowish to reddish-brown, 3–4 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical-subfusiform, 4.0–5.9 × 2.1–3.0 μm; L = 5.05, W = 2.62, Q = 1.95
F. lilacinogilva	Europe, North America, Oceania; angiosperms	sessile, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 3–5 per mm	interwoven, brownish to reddish-brown, 3–4.5 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical-subfusiform, 5.2–9.2 × 2.6–3.2 μm; L = 6.73, W = 2.97, Q = 2.27
F. marchionica	Oceania; angiosperms	sessile, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 5–7 per mm	densely interwoven, yellowish to brownish, 3–4 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical-subfusiform, 3.2–4.2 × 1.9–2.2 μm; L = 3.63, W = 2.08, Q = 1.75
F. perhiemata	Europe; angiosperms	effused-reflexed, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 5–7 per mm	densely interwoven, brown, 3–4 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical to narrowly ellipsoid, 4.1–5.2 × 2.1–3.0 μm; L = 4.50, W = 2.40, Q = 1.89
F. purpurea	Africa; angiosperms	sessile, hymenophore clearly stratified; pores 6–7 per mm	interwoven, brownish to reddish-brown, 2.5–3.5 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical-subfusiform, 5.0–6.7 × 2.0–2.2 μm; L = 5.79, W = 2.10, Q = 2.77
F. rosea	Holarctic; conifers, very rarely angiosperms	sessile, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 3–5 per mm	interwoven, brownish to reddish-brown, 3–3.8 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical, 5.0–6.6 × 2.2–2.7 μm; L = 5.80, W = 2.40, Q = 2.40
F. roseofusca	South America; angiosperms	sessile, hymenophore clearly stratified; pores 1–2 per mm	densely interwoven, brownish to brown, 3–5 μm in diam	abundant, acute, slightly projecting	cylindrical-subfusiform, 4.8–6.2 × 1.8–2.8 μm; L = 5.41, W = 2.40, Q = 2.32
F. sagraeana	North America (subtropical – tropical); angiosperms	sessile, hymenophore indistinctly stratified; pores 6–8 per mm	densely interwoven or subparallel, brownish to reddish-brown, 2.5–4 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical-subfusiform, 4.9–7.3 × 2.6–3.9 μm; L = 5.81, W = 2.99, Q = 1.96
F. scalaris	South America; angiosperms	sessile, hymenophore clearly stratified; pores 6–8 per mm	densely interwoven, brownish to brown, 2–4 μm in diam	poorly differentiated, obtuse, embedded or slightly projecting	cylindrical, 3.1–5.0 × 2.0–2.3 μm; L = 3.70, W = 2.12, Q = 1.75
F. substratosa	North Africa and South-East Asia; conifers	sessile to effusedreflexed, hymenophore clearly stratified; pores 4–7 per mm	densely interwoven, brownish to brown, 2.5–4 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical to narrowly ellipsoid, 3.8–5.1 × 2.0–2.4 μm; L = 4.24, W = 2.16, Q = 1.97
F. ussuriensis	East Asia; angiosperms, very rarely conifers	sessile to effusedreflexed or resupinate, hymenophore clearly stratified; pores 6–7 per mm	densely interwoven, brownish to brown, 2.5–3 μm in diam	not differentiated	cylindrical, 3.7–4.7 × 1.9–2.2 μm; L = 4.07, W = 2.02, Q = 2.02

¹ Species occasionally possessing pinkish tints in tubes which quickly disappear in herbarium specimens (e.g., F. atypa, F. gilvidula, F. ostreiformis, F. sulcata) or violet-black spots on pileal surface (F. neotropica) are not included.