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SUBMITTER: Hussein JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6059158 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hussein Juma Mahmud JM Tibuhwa Donatha Damian DD Tibell Sanja S
Mycology 20180415 2
A large polyporoid mushroom from the West Usambara Mountains in North-eastern Tanzania produces dark brown, up to 60-cm large fruiting bodies that at maturity may weigh more than 10 kg. It has a high rate of mycelial growth and regeneration and was found growing on both dry and green leaves of shrubs; attached to the base of living trees, and it was also observed to degrade dead snakes and insects accidentally coming into contact with it. Phylogenetic analyses based on individual and concatenate ...[more]