Index Fungorum Coriolopsis gallica (Fr.) Ryvarden
MycoBank Coriolopsis gallica (Fr.) Ryvarden
Gallic Polypore
Gallicus, a, um. 1) geographical: Gallic; from Gallia, ae f. Gaul (a region roughly covering the territories of present-day France and Belgium); 2) pertaining to a rooster; from gallus, i m. rooster + -icus, suffix denoting relation or belonging.
Funalia gallica (Fr.) Bondartsev & Singer, Ann. Mycol. 39 (1): 62 (1941)
Trametes gallica (Fr.) Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 489 (1838)
Trametella gallica (Fr.) Teixeira, Revista Brasil. Bot. 9 (1): 44 (1986)
Hexagonia gallica (Fr.) Quél., Enchiridion Fungorum in Europa media et praesertim in Gallia Vigentium: 185 (1886)
Cerrena gallica (Fr.) Zmitr., Mycena 1 (1): 91 (2001) [MB#466360]
In Coriolopsis gallica, as well as in phylogenetically related species of Trametes, laccases are the main mechanisms involved in lignin biodegradation.
Annual, sometimes overwintering. Sessile, resupinate-reflexed, sometimes completely resupinate, solitary or imbricate, up to 2–7 cm wide and up to 3 cm thick at the base.
Cap surface: reddish-brown with faint zones and a tomentose pubescence.
Margin of the fruiting body: even, rather thin.
Hymenophore ochre-brown, darkening further with age.
Dense, woody, brown, grayish-brown, sometimes with an olive tint; darkening (but not blackening) when treated with KOH.
Weak, mushroom-like with faint anise notes.
Spore print brown. Spores cylindrical, variable in size, 10–16 × 3–5 μm. Hyphal system trimitic, with clamped generative hyphae, thick-walled skeletal hyphae golden-brown in the trama and context, and branching binding hyphae. Skeletal hyphae cyanophilous and metachromatic.
Xylotroph on dead deciduous trees; most commonly found on Salix (willow) and Populus (poplar, aspen); occurs on many native deciduous trees; may also colonize exotic trees in gardens and parks. Predominantly a southern (nemoral-subtropical) species. Found in Europe, North Africa, and Asia.
Key identifying features are the large pores and the cap surface covered with stiff hairs, ranging from brown to gray; the cap color is brown.
Trog's Trametes (Trametes trogii) is generally a look-alike species. It is characterized by larger fruiting bodies, lighter coloration, and a more northern distribution range.
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