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Fungi of Zihuatanejo

KINGDOM FUNGI

-Fungi Including Lichens ( Kingdom Fungi)

-Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

-Higher Basidiomycetes (Subphylum Agaricomycotina)

-Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)

-Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

-Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)

-Genus Trametes


Trametes is a genus of fungi in the Polyporaceae family, best known for species with thin, leathery bracket-like fruiting bodies and conspicuous concentric zones of colour. Often brightly zoned in bands of white, brown, gray, blue, or even green (from algal growth). Found on logs, stumps, and fallen branches; sometimes appears in large overlapping clusters.

Trametes

Trametes (Genus)

Description

  • Trametes is a genus of wood-decaying bracket fungi in the family Polyporaceae. Fruiting bodies are usually thin to moderately thick, leathery or corky, and fan-shaped, semicircular, or shelf-like. The upper surface is commonly concentrically zoned and may display bands of white, grey, tan, brown, or other colours, while the underside bears a layer of small pores.

Range

  • Trametes has a worldwide distribution, occurring in tropical, subtropical, temperate, and boreal regions. The genus is widespread in Mexico, including Guerrero and the Pacific coastal region, and Trametes species are commonly encountered around Zihuatanejo where suitable dead or weakened wood is present.

Habitat

  • Species grow primarily on dead, dying, or weakened trees, branches, logs, and stumps. They occur in tropical dry forest, humid forest, woodland, riparian vegetation, gardens, and disturbed areas containing woody debris. Many species are important decomposers of wood and can produce persistent fruiting bodies that remain attached to their substrate for extended periods.

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