Bridgeoporus nobilissimus
Mycotaxon 60: 390. 1996.
Common Name: none
Basionym: Oxyporus nobilissimus W.B. Cooke
For description see Burdsall et al. & Cooke.
Known from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. In California, known only from extreme northwestern part of the state. Grows on the stumps and at the base of live noble fir (Abies procera).
Unknown.
Bridgeoporus nobilissimus is a rare and endangered species. In 1995 it was listed as an endangered species by the Oregon Natural Heritage Program. Bridgeoporus nobilissimus is the largest polypore in North America, reaching a weight of 130 kg, with the largest recorded conk 75 cm x 101 cm x 51 cm in size.
Burdsall Jr., H.H., Volk, T.J. & Ammirati, J.F. (1996). Bridgeoporus, a new genus to accommodate Oxyporus nobilissimus (Basidiomycotina, Polyporaceae). Mycotaxon 60: 387-395. (PDF)
Cooke, W.B. (1949). Oxyporus Nobilissimus and the Genus Oxyporus in North America. Mycologia 41(4): 442-455. (PDF)
Gordon, M. & Van Norman, K. (2015). Bridgeoporus nobilissimus is much more abundant than indicated by the presence of basidiocarps in forest stands. North American Fungi 10(3): 1-28.
Larsson, K.-H., Parmasto, E., Fischer, M., Langer, E., Nakasone, K.K. & Redhead, S.A. (2006). Hymenochaetales: a molecular phylogeny for the hymenochaetoid clade. Mycologia 98(6): 926-936.
Redberg, G.L., Hibbett, D.S., Ammirati, J.F. & Rodriguez, R.J. (2003). Phylogeny and genetic diversity of Bridgeoporus nobilissimus inferred using mitochondrial and nuclear rDNA sequences. Mycologia null 95(5): 836-845.
Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.
