Bresadolia uda

Bresadolia uda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Bresadolia
Species:
B. udus
Binomial name
Bresadolia udus
(Jungh.) Zmitr. & Kovalenko
Synonyms
  • Polyporus udus Jungh.
  • Polyporellus udus (Jungh.) P. Karst.
  • Tyromyces udus (Jungh.) G. Cunn.
  • Favolus udus (Jungh.) Zmitr. & Kovalenko
  • Polyporus maculatus Berk.
  • Polyporus squamosomaculatus Sacc.
  • Polyporus platyporus Berk.
  • Polyporus discoideus Berk. & M.A. Curtis
  • Polyporus glutinifer Berk. ex Cooke
  • Polyporus squamulosus Henn., in Engler, Pflanzenw
  • Polyporus fuscomaculatus Bres. & Pat., in Lloyd
  • Polyporus marbleae Murrill
  • Polyporus cornucopiae Lloyd
  • Favolus annamensis Pat.

Bresadolia uda is a species of mushrooms. This mushroom likely represents a complex of similar species, some of which are awaiting description.

Description

Hymenium is white porous with 3-4 pores per mm and tubes around 2 mm (0.08 in) deep, and dimitic white spores are 8-10 X 3-4 micrometers.

Range

While it is described from Indonesia 200 years, it is only recently that the taxonomy has been tackled, revealing that there are likely to be several species involved. The original species, described by Junghuhn almost 200 years ago, seems to occur only in Indonesia, with specimens from China and Laos forming a sister clade. The specimens from Florida are even more distantly related to the specimens from the type locality in Indonesia than specimens from South America, also known as Breasadolia paradoxa, which Audet considers as a synonym of B. uda (likely incorrectly, based on DNA evidence).

Habitat

It is found in tropical and subtropical forest habitats.

Ecology

Bresadolia species are white rot saprophytic mushrooms. The mushroom is favored by insects, but is not known to be edible.

Etymology

"Udus" means "wet" or "soaked" in Latin.

Taxonomy

Taxonomic status of this mushroom from Florida remains unknown, with DNA evidence pointing towards it being a separate species from its relatives found at its type locality in Indonesia, China, and in South America.

References

  1. ↑ "Species Fungorum - Species synonyms". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Bessette, Alan E. (2021). Polypores and Similar Fungi of Eastern and Central North America. Dianna Smith, Arleen Rainis Bessette. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-4773-2272-7.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Putra, Ivan Permana; Nurhayat, Oktan Dwi; Sibero, Mada Triandala; Taridala, Sitti Aida Adha; Hermawan, Rudy; Arif, Zulhan (2025-03-28). "A recent collection of Polyporus udus from type locality (Indonesia)". Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences. 47: e71669. doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v47i1.71669. ISSN 1807-863X.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  4. ↑ Junghuhn, F. W. (1840). Nova genera et species plantarum florae javanicae. ijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie,. pp. 7, 285–317.
  5. ↑ Audet, 2017. Mushrooms nomenclatural novelties no. 10 Effectively published 2017-09-09 19:37:47 (ISSN 2560–9548).
  6. ↑ "The Polypores (MushroomExpert.Com)". www.mushroomexpert.com. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
  7. ↑ "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2026-10-09.