Fomitiporia gabonensis

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Fomitiporia gabonensis is a fungus in the Hymenochaetaceae family. It was first found in Sub-Saharan Africa, in the Guineo-Congolian forest. It grows a cap-shaped fruiting body, has small spores, and lacks bristle-like structures called setae. It differs from its close relatives F. nobilissima and F. ivindoensis by the shape of its cap, the color and size of its pore surface, and its ecological niche. Taxonomy: Kingdom Fungi; Division Basidiomycota; Class Agaricomycetes; Order Hymenochaetales; Family Hymenochaetaceae; Genus Fomitiporia; Species gabonensis. Binomial name Fomitiporia gabonensis, described by Decock & Yombiyeni in 2010.