Fomitiporia robusta (P. Karst.) Fiasson & Niemelä
(Robust Bracket)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Fomitiporia robusta (Robust Bracket)
Genus	Fomitiporia
Family	HYMENOCHAETACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
Order	HYMENOCHAETALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Fomitiporia robusta is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Hymenochaetaceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Ainsworth, M.	2008	Phellinus (Fuscoporia) wahlbergii new to Britain	Field Mycology Vol 9 (4): 131-135, rear cover.
Dickson, G. & Leonard, A.	1996	Fungi of the New Forest - A Mycota	210pp, British Mycological Society
Reid, D.A. & Dickson, G.	1989	Phellinus robustus	Mycol. Res. Vol 092 (1): 108-109.

Fomitiporia robusta (Robust Bracket) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYMENOCHAETACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

HYMENOCHAETALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fomitiporia robusta (Robust Bracket)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Fomitiporia robusta (Robust Bracket)

Rare

VU/B

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Fomitiporia robusta is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)