New localities of Sarcodontia crocea (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) in Poland

Abstract

Sarcodontia crocea is a fungus relatively rarely recorded in Central and Northern Europe, where as a parasite it grows mainly on old apple trees. The most recent data on the occurrence of this fungus in Poland are presented in this study. Seven new localities of S. crocea are reported, found in the regions of Mazowsze, Podkarpacie, Ziemia Łódzka, and Żuławy Wiślane in the years 2013-2016. The S. crocea basidiomes were recorded on 12 apple trees. The fungus occurrence on Malus pumila 'Niedzwetzkyana' was documented for the first time. Four beetle species representing four families were found in the studied S. crocea basidiomes. Their feeding on S. crocea has not been mentioned in the literature so far.

First report of the white rotting fungus Sarcodontia crocea in Armenia

“…S. setosa) is a wood inhabiting basidiomycete causing whiterot. The species is recorded from a number of European, Asian and North American countries (Eriksson et al 1981;Iršėnaitė 2019;Kotlaba 1953;Safonov 2006;Szczep kowski 2010;Szczepkowski et al 2017). Its presence in the Caucasus region is reported by few records from North Caucasus (Russia) and Georgia (Ghobad-Nejhad et al 2009).…”

“…S. crocea, a so-called xyloparasite, grows on trunks, branches or roots live trees, both wild and cultivated, predominantly on fruit trees, mainly Malus spp., and in frequently other tree species, including Pyrus spp., Prunus spp., Fagus spp., Fraxinus excelsior, Quercus spp., etc. (Szczepkowski et al 2017;Shakhova and Volobuev 2020).…”