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Cerioporus varius

(Pers.) Zmitr. & Kovalenko

Penny-sized Blackfoot Fungus

G5Secure Found in 6 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.911947

Element CodeNFFUNPOVA1

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomFungi

PhylumBasidiomycota

ClassBasidiomycetes

OrderPolyporales

FamilyPolyporaceae

GenusCerioporus

Synonyms

Polyporus varius(Pers.) Fr.

Concept Reference

Schalkwijk-Barendsen, H.M.E. 1991. Mushrooms of Western Canada. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. 414 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Mycobank (2025) include Cerioporus leptocephalus and Cerioporus varius in Polyporus varius, while Species Fungorum (2025) treat them as distinct.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2015-06-04

Change Date2015-06-04

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Indiana	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Alberta	S4	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
Labrador	SNR	Yes
Nova Scotia	S5	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Manitoba	S4	Yes
British Columbia	S3	Yes
Saskatchewan	SU	Yes
New Brunswick	SU	Yes
Quebec	S5	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (6)

California (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Dog Creek	Shasta-Trinity National Forest	5,001
Table Mtn.	Inyo National Forest	4,215

New Mexico (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Black Canyon	Santa Fe National Forest	1,922
Tesuque Creek	Santa Fe National Forest	810

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Gordon Meadows	Willamette National Forest	9,463

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Abercrombie - Hooknose	Colville National Forest	33,862

References (4)

Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2018. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 16 June 2018. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2025. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 29 September 2025. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Schalkwijk-Barendsen, H.M.E. 1991. Mushrooms of Western Canada. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. 414 pp.
Species Fungorum. 2014. Species Fungorum Partnership (CABI, IT IS, Catalogue of Life). http://www.speciesfungorum.org (accessed 2014)