Fungi Quiz

The colonisation strategy for Ganoderma applanatum is

• Exposed Sapwood

• Heart Rot

• Endophytic (intact sapwood)

• Active Pathogenesis

You'll find me on a broad range of conifers, including: Pines, Douglas Fir, Spruce and Larch.

• Cerioporous squamosus

• Phellinus igniarius

• Phaeolus schweinitzii

• Ganoderma applanatum

The colonisation strategy for Armillaria mellea (Honey Fungus) is

• Heart Rot

• Endophytic

• Exposed Sapwood

• Active pathogenesis

Fistulina hepatica (Beefsteak Fungus) causes

• Brown Rot

• Soft Rot

• White Rot

• White Rot

Brown rot attacks the cellulose and leaves the wood

• Brittle

• Soft

• Flexible

Selective white rot degrades the

• Lignin

• Cellulose

• Lignin and Cellulose

Simultaneous white rot degrades the

• Lignin

• Cellulose

• Lignin and Cellulose

Soft rot degrades the cellulose and leaves the tree liable to

• Form cavities

• Wind throw

• Failure without warning

You will mainly find me on Oak trees

• Armillaria mellea

• Ganoderma applanatum

• Cerioporus squamosus

• Pseudoinonotus dryadeus

I am

• Fomes fomentarius

• Piptoporus betulinus

• Inonotus hispidus

• Piptoporus quercinus