Buglossoporus magnus

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Buglossoporus magnus
Scientific classification
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Fungi
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B. magnus
Binomial name
Buglossoporus magnus
Corner
(1984)

Buglossoporus magnus is a rare species of

IUCN.[1]

The large, orange-pinkish

E.J.H. Corner. He noted "I met this massive fungus but once, on a large, slowly decomposing, fallen trunk that I had often passed by in previous years." The holotype specimen was found in a forest reserve in Bukit Timah, Singapore.[2] Although the original observation of the fungus is dated to 1940, it was not officially described as a new species until 1984.[3]

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