Buglossoporus magnus

Buglossoporus magnus is a rare species of poroid fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. Recorded from only three locations in old growth lowland rainforest of Peninsular Malaysia, it is considered a vulnerable species by the IUCN.^[1]

Buglossoporus magnus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Fomitopsidaceae
Genus:	Buglossoporus
Species:	B. magnus
Binomial name
Buglossoporus magnus Corner (1984)

The large, orange-pinkish fruit bodies of the fungus–measuring 60 cm (24 in) wide–were discovered by British mycologist E.J.H. Corner. He noted "I met this massive fungus but once, on a large, slowly decomposing, fallen trunk that I had often passed by in previous years." The holotype specimen was found in a forest reserve in Bukit Timah, Singapore.^[2] Although the original observation of the fungus is dated to 1940, it was not officially described as a new species until 1984.^[3]

See also

• List of fungi by conservation status
• Largest fungal fruit bodies

References

1. Hattori, T. (2017). "Buglossoporus magnus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75608683A75608686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T75608683A75608686.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Corner, E.J.H. (1993). "'I am a part of all that I have met' (Tennyson's Ulysses)". Aspects of Tropical Mycology. Cambridge University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-521-45050-8.
3. Corner, E.J.H. (1984). Ad Polyporaceas II & III. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. Vol. 78. J. Cramer. p. 163. ISBN 978-3-7682-5478-6.