Polypores of a North Carolina Piedmont forest

Abstract

On September 6, 1996 winds from Hurricane Fran downed trees throughout the Piedmont region of North Carolina and thereby provided abundant substrate for the development of polypore fungi. Two forested tracts in Wake Co., NC, totaling 115 hectares, were surveyed for polypore fungi. A 100% sampling of these tracts was completed during the first year after the hurricane. Fifty-eight polypore species representing 37 genera in five families were recorded on 24 taxa of woody plants. Five of these fungi are reported for the first time in North Carolina. Fourteen of the host-fungus associations are new reports for the United States.